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unjapanologistVia Sociological Images, original Feminist Frequency post with extra links here. I want to keep a dedicated little video-playing device in my pocket just so I can show this to every person who utters the phrase "I'm not a feminist, but" or wants me to justify my calling myself a feminist because "most" feminists are, you know, you know?
Also, this line:
"Women lying about sexual assault is a grossly overused myth. Women generally don’t put themselves through the social shame of admitting assault for petty personal revenge."
The comments at both posts are worth a look. There's a bunch of people trying to discredit parts of the video by going "But here is a link to a self-identified feminist really saying that overblown thing", but the commenters talking about womanism and not insisting that everyone on the planet should identify with feminism make an important point.
Tropes vs. Women: #6 The Straw Feminist (Anita Sarkeesian)
On an unrelated note, when I went to grab the embed code, it turned out I'd accidentally set YouTube's interface to Dutch instead of English. It took me two minutes to locate 'embed'. I'm always amazed at the way familiar websites suddenly turn utterly bewildering when I view them in my native language instead of the one I'm used to viewing them in.
Also, this line:
"Women lying about sexual assault is a grossly overused myth. Women generally don’t put themselves through the social shame of admitting assault for petty personal revenge."
The comments at both posts are worth a look. There's a bunch of people trying to discredit parts of the video by going "But here is a link to a self-identified feminist really saying that overblown thing", but the commenters talking about womanism and not insisting that everyone on the planet should identify with feminism make an important point.
Tropes vs. Women: #6 The Straw Feminist (Anita Sarkeesian)
On an unrelated note, when I went to grab the embed code, it turned out I'd accidentally set YouTube's interface to Dutch instead of English. It took me two minutes to locate 'embed'. I'm always amazed at the way familiar websites suddenly turn utterly bewildering when I view them in my native language instead of the one I'm used to viewing them in.
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