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In reply to the discussion: Shailene Woodley: Why I’m Not a Feminist (Time Magazine) [View all]cyberswede
(26,117 posts)73. That's not treating someone unequally...
that's adjusting one's expectations based on what that person has said about themselves.
I apply a similar general dismissal when a person identifies themselves as a Republican.
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Goddammit... Why do rags like Time publish someone who doesn't SHIT about a subject...
Adrahil
May 2014
#8
No, she was going to be in Amazing Spider-Man 2, but her role was cut out of the movie
Bjorn Against
May 2014
#194
Just like with the Princeton kid's essay, this is one person's dumbass opinion.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#9
Is it bad that I'm just going to rolly my eyes and not see any of her movies? nt
ladyVet
May 2014
#13
I don't think she's a bad person or nothing, but, TBH, she ultimately doesn't understand..........
AverageJoe90
May 2014
#14
Well it's been half an hour and the post is still there, so apparently they didn't.
LeftyMom
May 2014
#54
because people repeat asinine talking points about feminsts being sex negative and focus on a nutbag
bettyellen
May 2014
#22
Because unnecessary shyness and hesitance around the "label" implies it's somehow a bad thing.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#85
That might be how they see it. But I still think explicitly distancing oneself from "that word"
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#100
only if you are an idiot do one off radicals define groups that are not radical.
bettyellen
May 2014
#98
Hmmm... Just as radical nutbag christians define ALL of christianity and all Italians are mobsters?
Luminous Animal
May 2014
#163
There are plenty of feminists who have never heard of either Solanas or Dworkin
cyberswede
May 2014
#42
I never heard of them until I heard people complain about how horrible they were
gollygee
May 2014
#135
...because I'm in a magazine that still has a feature about what female actors wear.
McCamy Taylor
May 2014
#25
...because I'm in an industry that tosses women aside before they turn 30.
McCamy Taylor
May 2014
#26
....because feminists can't, you know, use words like "neat" and "neat" and "really neat."
McCamy Taylor
May 2014
#31
Do you think being a feminist means never saying anything mean about any woman ever?
redqueen
May 2014
#46
she is promoting 1000 words.... lol. of course he embraces her messages and feels the need to
seabeyond
May 2014
#55
If she is trying to be a positive role model for other young women, she is failing miserably.
Squinch
May 2014
#67
And then they wonder why so many people do not identify with the word. A young woman
sabrina 1
May 2014
#93
So the way to inform someone who is ignorant of a topic to tell them to 'shut up and be quiet'.
sabrina 1
May 2014
#128
I also want to talk with her about her idiot ideas of the health benefits of eating clay and
Luminous Animal
May 2014
#175
Feminists tend to call out idiocy whether it is a man or a woman spewing it
bettyellen
May 2014
#102
Well, maybe I'm just a prejudiced old white guy, but whenever I hear a woman say
struggle4progress
May 2014
#45
I really can't understand why people wouldn't want to stand up for equal treatment,
struggle4progress
May 2014
#51
This place has a real issue with bogus alerts. And it's obvious what direction they're coming from.
Comrade Grumpy
May 2014
#148
I don't know, and I think that's a problem for DU. I think alerts should have names attached.
Comrade Grumpy
May 2014
#192
I had no particular poster in mind. More like a certain self-righteous faction.
Comrade Grumpy
May 2014
#200
Let's get this straight: you think that, in order to be open minded and progressive, one needs to
Squinch
May 2014
#123
Yes, apparently we should not comment when we hear RW sexist drivel here...
bettyellen
May 2014
#152
It's largely thanks to the efforts of 19th and 20th-century feminists that we've moved away *at all*
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#87
ya. cause fox, limbaugh and littleblue says so???? rollin eyes. really, just call us feminazis.
seabeyond
May 2014
#57
Certainly some people work hard to see the majority of the population remain subordinate
BainsBane
May 2014
#78
Um...forgive me but I don't see any men here telling Shailene to keep her mouth shut
davidn3600
May 2014
#112
The word "liberal" is meant as a prejoritive when used by the right wing
Luminous Animal
May 2014
#182
Maybe for you. Me? I wear the title proudly. Regardless of who tries to hang me with it.
opiate69
May 2014
#184
I didn't say that I take it as an insult. I said it is meant as an insult.
Luminous Animal
May 2014
#185
Another topic with feminism at its core, another topic filled with a lot of hate.
Blue_Adept
May 2014
#122
Gosh. Big dog, the poster who gave us boobs in space, is trying to show us the evils of feminism.
Squinch
May 2014
#124
Interesting! Have to wonder how hating on democratic priciples and liberal ideas
bettyellen
May 2014
#167
How? Aside from challenging people on an individual basis, how can we do that? nt
raccoon
May 2014
#149