making money off your insecurity and doubt

[levity]

Tracking the Marina & The Diamonds tag on Tumblr. Chronically terrified of going through it, for fear that there's someone there who takes this song straightforwardly, or worse, feels it's about them.

This is just a preface to saying that I will stop being a repetitive angry feminist cliche if people will stop being stupid. Yes, it's been that kind of week. Or year, or life, or whatever.

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[steampunkninja.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you'll proceed with this comment knowing how I think so I won't warn you, but this statement could already count as a warning in itself.

With Billy's loud voice, you might have heard our conversation two nights ago. Forgive the laziness to participate in defending my sex, and for entertaining the honorary cock jokes. Forgive the capacity for stupidity and hating some girls, but I think I'm still at the far milder end of the spectrum. And for not having much of an opinion on gender sensitivity when I was a kid or in high school. I was far more interested in the whole revolution thing, hence the current life track. And no, I am not as broad-minded to see that this issue is just as important in the whole revolution shenanigan. Although if you hate what I'm saying, I'm sure you would say, right? Actually, I'm not sure and I think you know why.

Also, tattoo your address somewhere you can easily see already.

my original subject line was my address, but even I have more sense than that

[wyvernstars.livejournal.com]

I AM SO SORRY I WAS NOT ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT YOU. I WAS NOT ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR. IT WAS JUST ~THAT KIND OF WEEK. HINDI AKO NAGPAPATAMA. I SWEAR. I AM SO SORRY.

But since we're here anyway! I... fail to see how the two things do not go hand in hand, because the whole central problematic point is systems that oppress people. Yes I am actually serious. Because if a woman were raped people would run with the assumption that it was her fault for whatever reason and you were asking for it, or that she's making up the claim to get whatever (though false reporting rates for rape are about the same as those for any other crime). Because women get less opportunities than men of similar educational background and they get paid less when they do get them, and that's without looking at dropout rates from elementary through high school (because you are female you're just going to marry someone anyway), and that's without considering all the girls who will never be sent to school to begin with (because it's unnecessary because it's wrong because there's no point in teaching you anything). Because media everywhere sends the message that femininity can only be done in a certain way, and then you're insulted if you follow the type and insulted if you don't. (WHEN I SAY YOU IT IS GENERAL YOU, JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THIS, ALSO I WILL SOURCE ALL MY SHIT LATER I SWEAR, ONLY LJ'S EATEN MY COMMENT THREE TIMES AND I JUST WANT TO POST THIS.) Putting aside issues of safety and autonomy and respect- that is an astonishing amount of economic and general-life-quality inequality, and I will never get how it isn't obvious, and will always understand why, if you are not born equal, you have to do shit to make you so. Same goes for anyone at any kind of... is systemic disadvantage the right term? ANYWAY.

/social conscience, sheesh not having apathy is exhausting, also I will not tattoo my address somewhere where other people can see it. I am not mad at you, just incoherent.

Re: my original subject line was my address, but even I have more sense than that

[steampunkninja.livejournal.com]

My old school was run by women so it didn't require us to fight for anything. Also, I was not saying that I do not think that this issue comes with the revolution, only that it was not an issue in my head when I was forming my whole concept of a revolution. Anyway, it's hard to fight for equality in the delivery of basic human rights without addressing first the issue of the actual delivery, and that's the issue that got stuck in my head.

I am capable of hating girls just because mainly since I plainly don't get most of them, and because girl fights I've seen were always nastier than boy fights (which end simpler, while girl fights go for longer than they need to with some Mean Girls style girl world rules which I don't get at all). I've seen mean bitches and I've seen sons of bitches, and sons of bitches are easier to deal with. Also, bitches hate bitches, girl.

Don't get me wrong, I understand the feminism. I just am capable of feeling what I probably should not be feeling against people of my gender. I can't identify myself as feminist or feminist-leaning because while I could defend people of my gender, I could spend just as much time hating them. Maybe even more time hating because I am a generally hateful person. But yeah, what I said before, I hate generally all types of people.

Re: my original subject line was my address, but even I have more sense than that

[wyvernstars.livejournal.com]

Yes yes yes but the feminism is a thing I have to say, because some people do not get the fact that there is an inequality to begin with. Feminism is not about not hating any females, it's about the fact that the difference does exist. It's even more evident in fandom sometimes, when a fandom hates on a girl and then fawns over a guy with pretty much the same charactistics, or hates on a girl for no reason; it's the difference in attitudes when dealing with men and women, and then the inability to see this difference.

Re: my original subject line was my address, but even I have more sense than that

[steampunkninja.livejournal.com]

Tattoo your address somewhere you could easily but not other people. Like around your wrist and cover it with your watch or something. Lolo Vince is disappoint.

Re: my original subject line was my address, but even I have more sense than that

[wyvernstars.livejournal.com]

But I want a tattoo on my wrist that is not my address! Can I just have, like, a dog tag instead?

[wyvernstars.livejournal.com]

P.S. I... did not hear the conversation you were referring to. I think. Or if I did it's not registering. I swear I am not mad at you. Just mad in general. Don't make the Ward 7 joke.