I Am Not an Angry Feminist. I'm a Furious One.

[PeaceNikki]

It was late Monday night and, knowing full-well that I had to wake up early for work the next day, I was buried deep in the Twitter hashtag #YesAllWomen, reading story after story of the aggression women face in their daily lives. Soon, it was early Tuesday morning and I was still awake, still reading.

Nothing that anyone shared came as a surprise. I'm a woman, too, after all, and — like a lot of us — I have turned my keys into a makeshift weapon when walking alone at night and feared for my life in broad daylight when a car full of men pulled up next to me and rolled down its windows, allowing me to hear the horrible and demeaning comments being shouted in my direction from the passengers within.

The prevalence of these stories saddens me. I hate that we've all experienced these things to varying degrees. I hate that I feel lucky for not having experienced worse. I hate that there are women out there who do experience worse, simply because they weren't born white or cisgender or middle class or in a country where little girls have the same right to education as little boys.

These are the things that fill me with rage on a daily basis, but they're not (not explicitly, anyway) what left me shaking in anger as I finally shut down my computer and tried to fall asleep. What made me so mad were the men who had decided to weigh-in on the #YesAllWomen conversation and dismantle it.

Much more at link: http://jezebel.com/i-am-not-an-angry-feminist-im-a-furious-one-1582748709/+madeleine

It's a really good piece.

[ismnotwasm]

1. I read that it's excellent and thank you for posting

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[randys1]

2. Wow, read a little of that link, I will be honest, I had no idea such groups

existed, whiny crybaby men acting like they are the victims, really?

I guess I assumed some men felt that way but organized crybaby whiny men running around claiming to be victims?

Almost explains why that prick in Santa Barbara did what he did, you could almost draw a direct line from any group like that to those deaths...couldnt you...!

[mwrguy]

3. They exist right here on DU

[theHandpuppet]

4. Excellent piece.

I totally relate.

[MadrasT]

5. I can relate.

First I was apathetic.

Then I was annoyed.

Then I became angry.

Now, yes... I am furious.

[BainsBane]

6. Among the things that annoy me

Is the determination by more than a few to deny the killer was misogynistic. They deny the significance of misogyny, even in a blatant case like this. The only explanation I can think of for not recognizing a clearly pathological hatred of women in the killer's manifesto and video is that they see such views as natural.

[MadrasT]

7. It is so delusional I can't even get into those "debates".

I am not wasting my time in back-and-forth with disingenuous jackasses any more.

[PeaceNikki]

9. that's exactly where I am at now.

After that jackass posted a copycat thread mocking me and mine the other night, I'm done trying to discuss with them.

The fact they can't hear it isn't for lack of trying. It's willful and harmful ignorance. The people I care about know the truth and work hard to listen and change things for the better. Fuck the rest of them. They are the problem.

[MadrasT]

10. Yes, that, exactly.

It is clearly a combination of willful ignorance and pure trollery.

I have better things to do with my time.

[freshwest]

11. BB, good to see a post from you.

[babylonsister]

8. Rec'd! nt

[UtahLib]

12. Simpatico, PeaceNikki. nt