Tag Archives: misogyny
A feminist misunderstanding
TweetI actually started my search on google with the terms “what to tell people when they ask you about feminism.” I thought I could possibly get a concise, simple answer that I sometimes am too flabbergasted to come up with. When someone asks me about feminism, I try to be understanding. However, I just can’t [...]
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in which I will brook none of that shit: a post about talking back and street harassment
TweetFair warning to all sad, sorry young men trolling the streets of my city: if you cat-call me (as one unfortunate boy discovered the other day), I will not take it. I will instead stop my bike, ask you to please explain precisely why you think it’s acceptable to speak to me that way, and [...]
Also tagged Bad-Ass Women, Deep Thoughts, Harassment, street harassment, talking back 2 Comments
Misogyny should no longer be socially acceptable on dating websites
TweetI no longer can or wish to keep quiet about blatant hatred of women/misogyny that is being promoted, condoned, encouraged and hosted by OKCupid dating website. It is true that most dating sites have their fair share of misogyny going on, but the existing practices at OKCupid make the problem especially heavy. The horrendous abuse [...]
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History, But Obedient Ones are Rewarded in Heaven: An Examination of the Re-Invention of the Bengali Tradition of Sati
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak looks at the ritual of satî in her essay “Can the Subaltern Speak?” Examining the historiography of this tradition through post-colonial deconstruction, Spivak reveals that the ritual of satî in Bengali tradition as an invented tradition rooted in hegemony. Externally, this tradition is a façade, presented to the outside world as an ancient tradition of ritual purity and means of cultural preservation. Internally, it is anything but pure; it is a means of power and control over the subaltern widow, which through self-immolation on her husband’s funeral pyre, results in the forfeiture of inherited property she is entitled to upon her husband’s death.
Also tagged bengali, hindu, religious, subaltern, violence, Violence Against Women Leave a comment
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