Anuradha Pandey

The 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 required to

DEI programs can and do alienate people of color

Among what I picked up from

Musa al-Gharbi

‘sWe Have Never Been Wokeis that DEI programs actually function as exclusionary mechanisms for the people of color they claim to empower. This is because they’re based on language and ideas that people of color who actually climbed into the professional class

Feminism 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

Feminism 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

The first morning in SF, I got accosted by a white dude for speaking to my Indian female friend about women needing single sex restrooms. So-called liberals stifle dissenting opinions of even strangers in public places with such religious zeal it’s no wonder most people feel oppressed under this ideological regime and self-censor. In berating me,

You can’t be canceled if you’re seeking the Truth

I’m at an inflection point in life. My public, private and professional selves can’t be in tension like this anymore, so I’m done writing under a pseudonym. Already worked out what I’ll do if an internet mob comes for me: nothing. No apologies, no hedging. Also don’t GAF if some recruiters blacklist

What I thought feminism was about as a youth:

1. Liberation from feminine behavioral and sexual norms

2. The freedom to self determine

3. Thinking for myself

4. Exercising agency over my life

5. Being resilient when others doubt me

6. Support from other women

Then I entered the real world and found life was exactly as depicted in Mean Girls.

Women are not more cooperative than men

One reason for claiming women should get power is we are supposedly more cooperative and caring. Ask any woman like me if that’s true and you’ll probably get laughter in response. We’re not more cooperative, just more prone to groupthink because we value social harmony above truth thanks to average personality