The Horror of Radcula

She gives you that WEIRD feeling

[voguevampyre]

girl dinner

[sichorean]

My mother sent me this card she found

[furiousradfem]

I haven’t really paid attention before, but have you noticed women are much more common associated with animal names than men are? You can call women chicks, birds, cats, b*ches, cows, pussies, actually, it’s mostly domesticated animals used for pets or resources, which could tell you a lot about what men think of us really. It’s gross.

The most I hear about men being called animals is when someone says “you old dog” fondly. I don’t think it’s a coincidence men are almost always associated with human traits and women with animal traits. This isn’t normal, it’s not something a human being would do to another human being. I feel more and more like all male-female interactions are interactions of a predator and prey. We’re not prey though, we’re human. Anyone considering us animals or prey, or calling us that, should be removed from our presence.

[fem-scum]

“Here’s the twist that emerged. Some young women wanted sexual equity with men: that’s a claim for equal power. They didn’t want to be mere sex objects, they wanted to be active sexual agents. But while true and total sexual equality between men and women is still too threatening, it has nonetheless proved lucrative to flatter women that they have it. So the media began to highlight this message: it’s through sex and sexual display that women really have the power to get what they want. And because the true path to power comes from being an object of desire, girls and women should now actively choose—even celebrate and embrace—being sex objects. That’s the mark of a truly confident, can-do girl: one whose objectification isn’t imposed from without, but comes from within. You have to admit, this is a very slick contortion. The best way to gain this kind of power is to cater to what men want. And you’re not acquiescing to men or to patriarchal sexual requirements: by submitting, you’re in the driver’s seat!”

Douglas, Susan J. The Rise of Enlightened Sexism: How Pop Culture Took Us from Girl Power to Girls Gone Wild. St. Martin's Press, 2010.

[fluttershyfem]

liberals have taken the conservative view of "women are the ones who wash dishes," flipped it to be "the ones who wash dishes are women," and convinced themselves they have solved misogyny

[mori1807]

Maturing is realizing that the term "sex work is one of the oldest professions" is actually just trying to justify literal rape and slavery in the name of leftism

[feminist-furby-freak]

The oldest profession is midwifery

[mercilesslabrys]

the feminist urge to burn everything that has that one playboy symbol.

[rf-times]

I wish people would stop confusing self interest in patriarchy with feminist action. A woman with no options marrying a rich man to have a semblance of security is not a feminist action as it does not help to dismantle institutions of male supremacy and does nothing for the next girl with no agency. This is not to condemn women or girls who have been forced into these situations at all. In fact if we call any false empowerment "feminism" we only cement patriarchal power structures.

[mysharona1987]

[radnotreactionary-deactivated20]

Stripping isn’t “degrading” because women’s bodies are sexual it’s degrading because the sex industry is built on male power. The job exists to service male entitlement: men pay for the illusion of control and access, while women are forced to package their sexuality for survival in a system that denies them safer, equal options.

The performance of being “so hot you’ll never get me” is a shield, not freedom it protects women from violence while still leaving them trapped inside male definitions of worth. It’s not the dancers who are degraded. It’s the patriarchal system that demands women sell pieces of themselves for men’s consumption.

[majchic]

[shadows-and-starlight]

It's like okay Serena Joy, you're playing stupid games, wonder what could happen next?

[rude-radfem]

Does anyone know any newish radfem or rad leaning books? Like 2010's to present day.

[dariaradfem]

'Invisible Women' by Caroline Criado Perez is an incredible book that everyone should read, first published 2019, about the way society is built around men in literally every aspect of life

'Pimp State' by Kat Banyard, first published 2016, is an amazing takedown of the six main myths that surround the sex trade

'Firebrand Feminism' by Breanne Fahs, first published 2018, interviews and looks into the lives of prominent Radical feminists Ti-Grace Atkinson, Kathie Sarachild, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dana Densmore, as well as discussing the basics and historic origins of radical feminism as a grass roots movement

'Spinning and Weaving : Radical Feminism for the 21st century' edited by Elizabeth Miller, first published 2021, is an anthology of various essays on topics such as porn, intersectional feminism, lesbian feminism, transgender politics and more (some are better than others, it's 600+ pages so I'm making my way through)

'Trans' by Helen Joyce, published 2021 - not so much radical feminism - moreso gender critical, as Joyce herself claims to be 'fiscally conservative' - and a few takes I don't quiet agree with but overall an excellent comprehensive discussion of the current and historical political climate of trans issues

[vaginalord420]

Why Women Are Blamed For Everything by Dr Jessica Taylor, about the psychology of victim blaming. Grim but straightforward reading. It’s been years since I read it, but also Natasha Walter’s Living Dolls, about the hypersexualisation of young women and return of misogyny as ‘empowerment’. Also Testosterone Rex by Cordelia Fine, about the science of sex differences.

[radmenace]

“The Women’s History of the Modern World: How Radicals, Rebels, and Everywomen Revolutionized the Last 200 Years” by Rosalind Miles (2021)

“Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood” by Michelle Goodwin (2020)

“The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society” by Dr. Debra W. Soh (2020)

“Witches, Witch Hunting and Women” by Silvia Federici (2018)

“Butterfly Politics” by Catharine Mackinnon (2017)

“Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality” by Gail Dines (2010)

“The Industrial Vagina: The Political Economy of the Global Sex Trade” (2008), “Beauty and Misogyny” (2005), “Gender Hurts: A Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism” (2014), “Unpacking Queer Politics” (2003) by Sheila Jefferys

[selflovendanger]

"The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception" by Debora Spar (2006) is a little older but it's a fascinating critique of surrogacy and the fertility industry as a whole

[princessterf]

One I saw going around was about women contributing to the objectification and sexualization of themselves and other women.

It's called; Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and The Rise of Rauch Culture by Ariel Levy.

[feminist-aesthetic-deactivated2]

"Penile Imperialism

The Male Sex Right and Women's Subordination"

by Sheila Jeffreys

Came out last Fall. Amazing book because it covers current topics like consent, the rise of sexual kink, prostitution and transgenderism to name a few. I thought I won't read anything new after I read her book "Beauty and misogyny" (which is a must-read) but it's worth the buy. Clear, concise, critical and informative.

[there-are-4-lights]

"On the meaning of sex" by Kajsa Ekis Ekman, Spinifex is doing a online book launch for the English translation on March 8th!

On the Meaning of Sex Online Book Launch — Spinifex Press

An International Women’s Day event with Bronwyn Winter and Kajsa Ekis Ekman to celebrate the release of Kajsa’s new book ON THE MEANING OF S

[femclasscirce]

"Paid For" by Rachel Moran

"Prostitution Narratives" by Norma and Tankard Reist

"The Equality Illusion" by Kat Banyard

"The Prostitution of Sexuality" by Kathleen Barry

[sickofthis666]

Quotes

"Pornography keeps sexism sexy." —John Stoltenberg 

“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” — Margaret Atwood

“The most oppressed man finds a being to oppress, his wife: she is the proletarian of the proletarian.” — Flora Tristán.

"Misandry and misogyny cannot be compared, quite simply because the former exists only in reaction to the latter." —Pauline Harmange

[claudias-diaries]

[moonshineshrew]

So if your boyfriend watches porn that looks like you, you should be flattered because it means he likes you or you're his type,

but if your boyfriend watches incest/rape/bdsm porn and you're upset by that then you shouldn't be because it's just a fantasy and has nothing to do with what he wants or enjoys in real life. and also you should stop being such a fucking prude and quit kinkshaming him. Cool. Am I getting this right

[sichorean]

don't you know, real life informs fantasy and fantasy informs real life ONLY if it has a positive connotation for the male user!

In all other cases fantasy and real life are totally separate and you're a ridiculous frigid kinkshaming prude for thinking a man who goons for 6 hours over underage characters would ever actually be into that!!

[iamlessierad]

this

[majchic]