Lauren forwarded me this essay: “Talking to a woman” - a letter to a Liberal Man. I’ve done all of these things, and will surely do them all again. All men need to be meditating on these points every day to lessen their occurance.
Archive for the 'men' Category
This is one of a series of posts about Awesome Things To Do In Life.
A gang of six to ten ethically challenged Nova Scotia upperclassmen boys recently took it upon themselves to verbally harass a 9th grade boy for the high crime wearing pink to school, calling him a homosexual.
Seniors David Shepherd and Travis Price, [...]
Is That A Man?
08Sep07I recently discovered this poem. Musings follow.
I’m Not a Man
Harold Norse (Hidden Transcripts, page 133, copied from here)
I’m not a man. I can’t earn a living, buy new things for my family. I have acne and a small peter.
I’m not a man. I don’t like football, boxing or cars. I like to express [...]
Here it is
11Jul07I just posted a video of a journalist refusing to read a story about Paris Hilton, a story which said journalist felt was not fit to be a lead story, despite the feelings of that journalist’s producer.
I didn’t know where to start, but I watched the clip again, and now I know exactly where to [...]
Where to start?
11Jul07Found on Just Dreadful.
Admission Omission
09Jul07A couple weeks ago my friend Emily forwarded to me a U.S. News and World Report article, “Admittedly Unequal“, which reports that many schools are rejecting female applicants at a much higher rate than male applicants. For example, in 1997, The College of William and Mary admitted 51 percent of their male applicants and [...]
Men in the shadows
05Jul07I just read this intense story on feh-muh-nist. I thought it was powerfully written, and started to write a comment saying how I thought it was powerful and beautiful, but I stopped myself. There were already several insightful and supportive comments from women and transmen, and I decided it’d be better not to [...]
Joss Whedon’s Equality Now speech (Video)
Patriarchy, in its purest form
30May07The US Supreme Court has decided that workers have 180 days after their salary is set to file a complaint about unfair pay. After that, it’s too late. Your employer gets to keep the money they failed to pay you.
Now let’s imagine a woman, call her Jill, discovers 12 months after being hired [...]
Observation
30May07I didn’t realize this was happening until at least halfway through the meeting, and it was too late to change anything. The women all seemed either withdrawn or uninterested in speaking up. Making eye contact, which sometimes works to shift the tide of the conversation didn’t do a thing. I’m not sure [...]
