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History of Feminism

cinnabonbon

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8. It's sad that it's come to this.

Reply to redqueen (Reply #7)

Sun Feb 16, 2014, 11:51 AM

Feb 2014

I thought it was considerate of you to make another thread rather than talk more in the SI one they made. It let them have their space while we had ours. But no ,they needed to come and screw up the other place too, instead of letting us have some real discussions about it.

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If I hadn't bothered to start an OP from the progressive point of view, [View all] redqueen Feb 2014 OP

Yeah the sports Illustrated one is funny as hell (the men are objectified one) ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #1

It amused me too. cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #2

They don't understand and they don't care to understand. redqueen Feb 2014 #7

It's sad that it's come to this. cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #8

That's the thing, they don't WANT any real discussions about it. redqueen Feb 2014 #9

They've got to protect it at all cost, I get that. cinnabonbon Feb 2014 #10

I can only hope so. redqueen Feb 2014 #13

Sometimes a forum for freedom of speech rock Feb 2014 #14

talk back ,,, is another turn of phrase with which I want to take issue Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #3

Yes, I used those words intentionally. redqueen Feb 2014 #6

yes, those words used intentionally ... their condescending *tone* Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #11

One admitted that first thread was retaliation BainsBane Feb 2014 #4

Thanks. I just wanted feminists to have a pro-active space to discuss the issue, redqueen Feb 2014 #5

no. cause they had no battle going on, they started with a couple threads, and then SI seabeyond Feb 2014 #12

the SI swimsuit issue is softcore porn, like Maxim but with more pretense geek tragedy Feb 2014 #15