Recommendation: Said the Pot to the Kettle – feminist theory for anarchist men
willow recommends…
This is a fantastic comic-zine which goes over a summary of patriarchy, feminism, anarchy, and how they all interact. It’s funny, poignant, and bitingly witty. Also fantastic use of the term “jerk.” The comic is followed up by a discussion of ideas, which is well researched and laid out.
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January 6th, 2010 at 12:52 am |
I love it, except for the part where he calls transsexuals “trannies”.
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January 6th, 2010 at 10:13 am |
I second J — that was seriously uncool, and proved he’s clueless when it comes to trans issues. It’s troubling that he felt qualified to speak for trans people.
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January 9th, 2010 at 11:04 am |
And where he uses the term “douchebag.” Sorry, the whole argument that “I’m using it as an insult because douchebags are useless things that promote the idea that women are unclean” doesn’t cut it. “Douchebag” works as an insult used against men because it’s associated with women’s genitalia, period.
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April 25th, 2010 at 11:39 am |
Hey there. This is the author of said zine. In response to the trans issue: the word “tranny” was very much the word used by trans folk in the anarchist scene/movement at the time that I wrote this. I would suggest that it still is in use by a majority of the trans folk I know at the moment. Things like “tranny pride” are commonly talked about, and it is generally a word associated with the identity in the culture that I was writing from and to. That said, I’ve developed my understanding of trans issues a lot since this was written around 4 years ago, and would err more on the side of caution in relation to such things: I respect that people of trans identity have different ways of relating to words like “tranny.”
As for the word “douchebag”, you may be right. But it’s a common insult used in anarchist culture primarily because of what I mentioned in the zine. It’s since then become even more common in mainstream culture, and probably for the reasons you mentioned.
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