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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:16 PM Original message |
"The New Feminism: Breaking the Multicultural Relativism Taboo" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. A lot of issues overlapping in this incident. nt |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Domestic Violence isn't just a religious issue |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yes, but some religious cultures kind of... condone domestic violence |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Until about 150 years ago, condoning domestic violence was a universal human cultural norm |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Agree that women in other countries need support; don't agree that that the |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. That's not domestic violence. |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
63. Sorry that I came across as being self-righteous |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. That's true. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. The "New Agenda" links to "The Confluence" |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. But, they just link to it and the article is a feminist article. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think the article itself could use some balance. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yeah, it's our own version of cultural relativism. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I agree. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Polygamy is another issue that needs to be addressed in a religious way.... |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I'm not sure I understand what you mean. n/t |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. We have freedom of religion in our country but..... |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
43. Again, we have that here, too. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
60. Who is telling you you can't talk about his religion? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. I googled Artemis March and she appears to be some kind of right winger |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Oh yikes. |
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sfbabe3 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. March--a right winger? No Way!! |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Why? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Well some of us have learned to see it as eminating from the same fetid swamp |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Phyllis Chesler (second wave feminist) writes about Artemis here.... |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Well, pajamas media is totally right-wing. |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. But Phyllis Chesler wrote the germinal piece on feminism in the 1970s - Women and Madness and |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Ah jeez. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Well, she wrote this rather redolent piece just last year... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. It's a total fucking strawman and I can't believe people here are calling it a "great article" |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I alerted. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. More bullshit strawman arguments |
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sfbabe3 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Very important article |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-03-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. "Political Correctness" is a right wing strawman. |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. Good point, it was liberal Democratic congresswomen... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
14. This is nonsense |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I would like to know the other research - I am interested in it. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Jeez...basically look up anything published |
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Captain_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Kim Gandy from Now: |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Nothing in that piece implies a "multicultural relativist taboo" |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. You're basically proving our point. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Kim Gandy seems to be saying "everyone does it so we must not talk about religion-supported violence |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
59. No, she isn't |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Gandy can focus on all and let others focus on specific-no problem there. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. And those others can stop accusing feminists of silencing and intimidating them |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. She "doesn't cite ONE instance of somebody promoting the "multicultural relativist taboo." |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Thank you! It's a strawman. |
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biopowertoday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
45. I believe this commenter does site a good example of the taboo............ |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. That's an example of a taboo? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. And March had the nerve to accuse her critics of being "either/or" thinkers. eom |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. The Muslims are comin to git us! O noes! |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
41. " we cannot be intimidated and silenced by the fear of being called “racist” or "anti-islamic" nt |
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biopowertoday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. You are so right. I posted |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. So now we have to pretend that Muslims are conspiring to rewrite our laws? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. I want to see one of them come up with one example of a prominent progressive feminist |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. Poorly written, horribly reasoned right-wing screed. NT |
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Ceela (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
30. Great Article! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
32. Well written and well-reasoned. Thank you. n/t |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
38. Great article! |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
46. Here's the latest posting from that site: |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Here is a press release they sent out in August 2008: |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You noticed that too? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. "Feminists for Life" |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
58. PUMA trash |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
61. +1 |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
48. she uses the word "pornified" |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
56. So F-ing What? |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. RAWA is awesome |
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