{"id":6599,"date":"2010-12-16T00:36:37","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T08:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=6599"},"modified":"2010-12-16T02:27:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-16T10:27:57","slug":"feminist-bullies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/feminist-bullies\/","title":{"rendered":"Feminist Bullies"},"content":{"rendered":"

One thing I’ve learned since joining Twitter is that feminism isn’t dead. It’s alive and really irritable.<\/p>\n

A post at frockwriter<\/strong> about American Apparel seemed perfectly reasonable to me, but caused quite a commotion among super-sensitive feminist tweeters. Frockwriter<\/a> author Patty Huntington decried American Apparel<\/strong>‘s use of mannequins posed bent over, or spreadeagled in slutty positions. \u00a0 But the word “slutty” caused offense.<\/p>\n

I watched Ms. Huntington patiently reply to the outraged tweets. Someone demanded that she retract the word slutty, arguing that it’s part of a larger offensive social dynamic called “slut-shaming<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

The angry word-prohibitionist got her friends involved. I discovered that many of the angered women were self-described fat women, and presumably they are more sensitized to name-calling.<\/p>\n

But the preachy comments triggered by Huntington’s post were so annoying that I jumped in and called one of the prohibitionists “an ignorant slut.” GET IT?!? I thought it was funny, and figured everyone knew the reference to be a catchphrase from Saturday Night Live<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Well, all the irritable feminists went nuts. They got together to slam Huntington, over at a boring blog <\/a>by Dr. Samantha Thomas, who refused to publish my very calm comment in defense of Patty Huntington. Read the comments though if you enjoy womyn congratulating each other for being mad.<\/p>\n

Today, feminist’s launched a twitter attack on Michael Moore<\/strong> after a comment he made about rape victims was repeated out of context. Michael Moore is a tireless liberal activist who deserves better. I will let him speak for himself.<\/p>\n

Finally, a miniwar broke out over a pillow needlepointed with the words of Kate Mos<\/strong>s: <\/strong>Nothing tastes as<\/em> <\/strong>good <\/em>as skinny feels<\/em>. <\/strong> Feminist tweeters flipped out. Those pillows were “pro-ana!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s what I think. \u00a0 The December issue of Bazaar<\/strong> has an article about a woman getting a facial for her vulva. She goes into great detail but I couldn’t take it. It’s so stupid and depressing. It’s bullshit. It’s anti-pussy and it’s anti-woman. \u00a0 It’s a million times worse than the word slut or a fucking pillow.<\/p>\n

Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"