As a South Asian American feminist, let me remind everyone that oppression is not a competition.
Just because we fight one type of sexism doesnât mean we donât care about other instances of sexism that donât affect us directly in our day to day lives.
My heart goes out to this woman and the hundreds of other victims like her. I want to educate people about these kinds of incidents. I support organizations that help women like this.
You may think that dress code issues are trivial, but they are related to a larger issue of womenâs bodily autonomy, which affects womenâs health and safety.
So please, letâs try to bring awareness and bring about change instead of insulting entire groups of people because they are facing issues that are less scary than the one presented.
a strong female character is one who is defined by her own characteristics, history and personality, and not solely by the actions or needs of other characters. she is a person in the story, not a prop. x
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.
hey lit nerd, i was just wondering if u had written the response to the misogynistic asshole who writes for the return of the kings website yourself or if u had gotten it from another source? because if u wrote it, can i just say it was AMAZINGLY well put, and your writing is awesome as well :)
I did write that, Anon! Thank you so much for your kind words! You made my life!Â
A letter from "an evil short haired damaged slut" in response to the enlightened words of the great Thutmosis.
I must confess that I have fallen to the ways of the âbitchiest work colleagues, the most difficult cashier, the most confrontational, aggressive cunts in barsâ. With an inferior intellect and no man to enlighten me, I walked into a beauty salon and lost all my beauty by cutting my hair. Before I read your letter, I didnât know why I did it. Â It wasnât long enough to donate, and sure I got the occasional headache due to the weight and thickness, but that was no reason to give up all my âbangabilityâ. Â But when I was shown your letter, it all became clear to me.
I, being a woman, am a copycat. Itâs a biological fact. I saw other women who were cutting their locks out, and I just had to do it too. I was trying to emulate women like that awful Jennifer Lawrence, who lies to women and treats them like people who should love their shapes no matter what, and Anne Hathaway, one of the leading ladies in Hollywood affiliated with the charity the Step Up Womenâs network. Or worse, perhaps I was thinking of Emma Watson, the actress who portrayed Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the woman who is generally accepted as the hottest woman on the planet by many a guy on the internet. I desired to be like them so desperately that I copied their hair because I have no sense of my own identity. I did not realize that it would be at the expense of all my value as a woman. Â
How blessed I am that you have come to me to show me the evil of my ways. Now I am eager to pledge myself to the cause of educating women about their lack of personal identity and their exclusive status as objects and tools of menâs sexual pleasure.
First, I shall refrain from leaving my room, as my short haired appearance is hateful to men, and therefore, an abomination against my sex. It goes without saying that the kitchen serves as an extension of my room in this addendum.
Second, because I cannot leave my room, I will have to drop out of college immediately. Â No harm done there, as I am of the female persuasion and no good could come out of my pursuit for higher education.
Third, should I have to leave my room, in case of a fire or the pressing needs of a man, I will be sure to cover my unacceptable hair style, possibly with a scarfâobviously pink or purple, as those are the only colors women should wear, as it clearly defines them as female and denotes their inferiority to menâbut more than likely a brown paper bag.
Fourth, I will have to end my healthy, stable four year relationship so that he may find someone who is not damaged, and who is not âmore abrasive, more masculine and more derangedâ than the average woman.
Fifth, when my hair grows back to a suitable length (at least to my buttocks), I must completely embrace my status as an object of menâs desires and refrain from wearing clothes; that way if a man wants to exercise his genetically proven dominance over me, it will be easier for him to take me.
Sixth, and this may go without saying but I must get rid of all outside contact with the world around me, for it was the perversion of women like Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway and their message of âIâm a woman and a personâ that damaged me in the first place.
I vow to do all of the above, and more, not for myself but for the men of the world who need a steady supply of acceptable women to satisfy their sexual needs. On that note, I am terribly sorry that your own experiences have not been satisfactory. In order to provide my fellow females with insight on what went wrong, allow me to analyze your no doubt common experiences. Â
You were right to have broken up with the woman who harbored rape fantasies as she was detrimentally confused as to who should be dominant in that situation. The man should always be dominant in those fantasies and she should have requested that you communicate your preferences to her so that she could satisfy you unquestionably. Â As for the woman you say âjerked you offâ while texting another man, I cannot find a fault in this womanâs actions. Â She is only acting in a way that is right for our sex in that she is servicing as many men as possible with her body. After all, it doesnât belong to her; it belongs to you and every other man on Earth.
And the last woman ought to be ashamed of herself for judging people based on preconceived notions, and for residing in the same house as a woman of ill-repute. We should not house prostitutes, but instead drag them out and expose them to the world. That way they may be stoned to death. Â Women who charge men for sexual favors are denying men of their basic right to every womanâs body. Only after we have killed every prostitute, will you finally feel free to accost any woman on the street you choose for sex without the danger of obliged reciprocation.
I can only assume that youâve name yourself after the great Thutmose III whose harlot step- mother Hatshepsut no doubt had an acute case of âshort hair bitchiness.â It is my sincere hope that this post will help other women come over to your way of thinking, which you clearly feel comfortable expressing, since you have developed an entirely false identity around it.
Thank god we live in a time where there are women, such as my humble self, that are learning to accept our sub ordinance to men. And thank god there are men, such as your eminence, and all the men on the Return of the Kings website. By the way, I can only guess the name is an allusion to The Lord of the Ringsâ The Return of the King, a fantastic movie featuring a female character that does not push gender boundaries at all. Â
You may notice that tomorrow you wonât see very many women working. It isnât because theyâre lazy, which they are, but tomorrow is actually a national holiday celebrating some guy who preached for equality for all types of people. I can only assume that you all will be working since his âdreamâ is directly in conflict with your own purpose. Â I for one have my own dream. Â I dream about the day when we live in a world where the words âequalityâ and âfemaleâ together create the greatest oxymoron ever. If I were capable of possessing your massive intellect and this was a year that came after a great decades-long struggle of countless women from all walks of society towards equal rights, I would state that your argument is indicative of a complex that stems from some defect in your male parts. But as you and your followers have set the male gender back into the Stone Age again and I am but an idiotic feeble woman, I cannot say anything of that sort.
I only hope that you and yours have a blessed day.Â
