I want this to be a safe, nurturing, and stimulating space and forum not only for myself to express my thoughts, but, more importantly, for other women to comment here and express their thoughts and share their stories.
That means I will NOT tolerate any comments I deem at all abusive or callous:
Ad hominem attacks will not be allowed either (an ad hominem attack is one that is used to speak badly about an individual’s character, or to make personal verbal attacks on someone).
Porn-apologists and those who enjoy making racist and classist comments should seek another venue for spewing their vitriol.
If you try to write an abusive, porn-apologist, or racist/classist comment here understand that no one will see it and I will just laugh evilly at you until water shoots out of my big sandnigger nose before deleting your comment.
TO MEN: Furthermore, I don’t want to hear any whining about your God-given right to porn, or your precious wang, or how your “feelings were hurt” because we women here do not coddle you or because we call you out on your male privilege. If you want to learn about feminism, and if you really cared about women’s liberation, then shut up and listen.
If you are a woman and you start throwing around “what about teh menz?!” comments I will let you know promptly that I will not tolerate any more of this. This world is already made by and for men. Only men’s male privilege is being hurt by my blog.
Thanks in advance for understanding.
-Angry Sandnigger Feminazi Bitch (a.k.a. Rychousmama)
You know, I would agree with this “comments policy” if it weren’t directed at men. People of BOTH genders are capable of being rude, racist, classist, etc. By addressing this rather angry comments policy at men, you are not helping the cause of feminism. Not all men are “anti-feminist” and I think the point of feminism should be that all people need to discuss women’s rights. How can we change the world if only women champion women’s rights? Men need to be a part of this movement too. Alienating them will not help.
Hi Dollface, welcome to my blog.
Yes, I see what you’re saying about how both men and women are very much capable of racism, classism, etc. And I was actually thinking this over the last several days with regards to my “To Men” section. I will go ahead and modify it. I think that when I was writing the “To Men” section I just started writing about a general comment policy without thinking about the title of the page.
Now, while I think that men should support feminism just as much as women, I don’t agree that they should be as directly involved in feminist activism/speaking out as women. Or, rather, I don’t think that they should have too strong of a voice in the feminist movement. This is one of the many reasons why.
As I have said before on this blog, I do not tolerate “what about teh menz?!” pleading here, so it should be clear that I am concerned about the welfare of women mostly, not men. Everything in this world is already about men, it is literally a Man’s World. So I don’t want to hear anymore about how I am “alienating” men just because I am creating one or two online spaces geared towards women (heaven forbid!).
And if we were to go by your logic, then does that mean that black people should just allow white people to intrude on their black-only spaces? To butt their heads into everything black people do? To try to take over any movements to eliminate racism or improve the social and economic welfare of black people? Because that’s what usually happens when white people get involved in anti-racist activism on a stronger level. Such is the case with men in feminism.
Okay, well I respect that you changed the title of your comments policy. However, when I said “don’t alienate men”, I merely meant that most guys, upon viewing your site, might be initially offended by the comments policy and therefore not read your actual posts. I believe words can influence people, and if you scare people (men or women) away from looking further into your blog, you miss opportunities to get yourself heard.
Thanks for responding to my comment so thoughtfully.
@ dollface:
I’m a man. Even though I am poor and Black, I have institutionalized male privilege backing me (to an extent). I’m not at all offended by this blog because it deals with something that needs to be dealt with. Yes there is a time and a place for men to step up and voice their feminist ideals, however if it is left only to men, then the sense of urgency is lost and sexist crap similar to the new yorker picture ends up being blasted everywhere.