Being a woman
Women’s insistence on social harmony at all costs is problematic.
Yesterday, a woman pushed me too far at a social event with her pedantic interruptions. As soon as I pushed back saying she wasn’t letting me finish, she started giving that very white lady patronizing giggle and said something like “go ahead and finish sweetheart”. I then said I didn
... See moreOn the cultural pendulum swing and feminine black/white thinking
I write the most about leftist culture because I want to understand how we got here. The chain of causation could stretch back to the founding of America, but instead, I’ve been obsessed with the past 30 years. I don’t agree with most of what Trump is doing. I am worried, but I think h
... See moreThe PMC feminist rhetorical fortress
Why do women treat each other badly? > patriarchy
Why can’t women see their own bad behavior toward each other? —> internalized misogyny
Why can’t they see past internalized misogyny? —> patriarchy
But men don’t control women —> systemic patriarchy, no female president
But a female president shouldn’t be
... See moreWomen are not impelled to agree with each other on abortion. Many women voted for restrictions in red states as did others who voted for Trump while also voting in favor of abortion rights. First, people, especially women are allowed to deviate from the professional class woman’s opinion about abortion. In fact, Democrats themselves ran away from a
... See moreFeminism encourages self objectification
Yes, this was definitely true when I self objectified under the auspices of feminism. What I was actually: a tool of consumer culture and social media algorithms. Feminism is inextricable from the incentives of social media, which is why I’ve rejected it. It was actually just about self objectification and in
... See moreFemale social control is justified by feminism
I was policed and abused by my mother until college. Outside the home, I was bullied by girls exclusively. In the past twenty years I’ve been socially exiled multiple times because I refused to conform to the women and girls around me. The rejection of soft control is read as hostility and betrayal, whe
... See moreI rejected identity leftism because my view on human nature changed. If you think humans would essentially behave rationally and pro-socially but not for prejudice and deprivation you might support things like reduced/no policing and legalizing all drugs. But if you see humans as essentially flawed and needing to be kept in line with deterrents, th
... See moreBeing a woman in stem
The undercurrents of competition between women are those only a woman can see clearly. She may think she’s crazy for seeing them, like I once did. I’ve now moved from heavily female to male dominated industries. The narrative about women in STEM is, like most narratives about gender in our society, incorrect and simplistic, alw
... See moreDraft
I was working in DEI and diversity recruiting for tech before it took off, or the corporate equal of affirmative action. In theory, one is the beneficiary of affirmative action if one is put over the top due to race or gender, all other things being equal. I’ve also seen people get hired for their race or gender over their abilities, and it turned
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