Feminism should be about full agency in one's sexuality. That includes the right of women to choose to have monogamous relationships. I have many feminist friends who subscribe to the school of thought that monogamy is a patriarchal concept of contr…
Although I'm politically active, I don't think my blog is on one side of this spectrum or the other... However I tend to be upbeat and optomistic generally, as I believe my actions are making a difference.
John
My reason for being cranky is that I actually have very "thin" skin. I am very sensitive and get angry and offended easily. I then write really really long sarcastic angry rants that are sometimes very misanthropic.
In the blogosphere, I have to say most of my complaints are about society and politics. In real life, I am very grumpy about the fact that we have no infrastructure for bicycles in Auckland. Also, I walk relatively fast and other people walk REALLY…
When you blog about injustices in the world, do you emphasise the "hopeful" side of things, or how horrible things are? I do both, in two different blogs ;) It's kinda like I have two personalities.
I have to say environmental and international development issues bring to the surface our root problems in society regarding all forms of oppression. Oppression is my main focus, I think.
Like many movements, feminism is not without its flaws and problems. There are definitely race and class issues, as well as sex. I have a Maori friend (I live in New Zealand) who dismisses feminism as "another form of colonialism." I greatly disagre…
I was once on an anarcha-feminist blog, and the blogger wrote about how monogamy perpetuated men's control over women, how monogamy was a patriarchal concept, etc. This irritated me to no end, because monogamy appears in very old cultures, as well a…
I have to say I agree with you, ProsaicParadise. It is difficult for me to separate exploitation from sex work in my mind. I finally live in a country where prostitution is legal and I'm very grateful for it, because it gives women more power over t…
Oh I'm so glad to find a feminist group who accepts male feminists! I'm a woman, but my dad is one of the awesomest people in the world, and he is seriously a feminist!