welcome to the fest

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." The early morning scene at a grocery store where I went yesterday just pick up a few things was a strong indication of the panic setting in. More cars in the lot than ever before. People with shopping carts filled. The tension was palpable with ever...

Hmmmm. Looks like this year's goin' to hell...

I am glad this subject came up. First of all, I had to turn off all 3 of my 'adblocks' in order to actually see the ads that Tat is using. On my browser they are at the bottom and very discreet. Of course I did not click on them. I hate ads. They are an issue I strictly avoid - so much so that if I ...

I definitely think this cartoon is specifically aimed at the new gender neutral Barbie. If you have seen any of the ads for this new Barbie - it has a changeable wig that will let the Barbie have long or short hair and also a variety of clothes - just do an image search and you will see. None of the...

The question is whether everything that depicts the horror of human history should be sanitized to avoid gratifying/glorifying/titillating viewers. I don't think we have to avoid telling about the horrors. I think we just need to have a frank way of presenting them. There is quite a difference betw...

This being an anti-porn environment, do you also apply this vilification to popular TV shows such as Game of Thrones, Westworld, True Blood, Rome, Orange is the New Black, The Tudors, Spartacus, etc etc etc etc.? It seems that practically every new show these days is filled with often graphic sex a...

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Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:47 am

Also, idk if yall familiar with this article: Neurosexism: the myth that men and women have different brains

Nice read. Got a nice new term: “biosocial straitjackets”

It's hard to express how I feel about this 'rubber dolling'. I mean - ugh - gross - not for me, but really is it worse than a transvestite wearing women's clothing and hoping to 'pass' in order to play out some sort of fantasy - sexual or otherwise. They do after all make a suit that has a penis so ...

To hear that how the trans-movement has focused on corrupting the lesbian culture is very unsettling. I am not lesbian, but I am very non-conforming woman. I am independent, physically active, run my own business and speak my mind. Plenty of people just assume I am a lesbian, which is fine. They can...

This is a really, really long read but well worth it. It's not entirely flawless but it does a great job of offering citations to prove that RadFems are hardly punching down when it comes to TRAs. They are well-funded, many right-wing leaning and incredibly anti-women as a whole. It also throws a w...

Knowing that all of the TRAs were going to be jumping in and forcing 'debate' was why I was really hesitant to even get involved posting here. It's hard to have any meaningful discussion with other radfems without them hijacking the conversation or forcing cyclical arguments. Then you have well-mea...

So, the way you are wording the questions begs the question as to whether you are talking about morality or legality. I can easily see a radical feminist having a moral dilemma about the life of a potential child and being 'anti-abortion' - as in let's do everything we can to make sure that an unint...

Just as a point of clarity and also to ask other's opinions, do you approve of trans-women athletes competing as women in competitions? The reason I ask is because I think this is one of the more illustrative points of the whole 'can't change sex' debates. We have all probably seen the news stories ...

Having not been a member of the old forum and having joined this forum in order to learn more about the topics presented in Tat's presentation of it, I must say this has become an interesting journey. I am not a novice at forums and have seen plenty of trolling. Never have I seen such succinct troll...

Gender identity disorder is no different from regular body dysmorphic disorder, and very few people would argue that people who have BDD should be able to freely undergo plastic surgery to ease their mental pain. I don't think that all gender identity issues are the same as body dysmorphic disorder...