DU women will want to read this article by Rebecca Solnit

[ensho]

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174918


Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, The Archipelago of Arrogance

Men Explain Things to Me
Facts Didn't Get in Their Way
By Rebecca Solnit

(picking paragraphs to post won't cut it. this needs to be read in a solid flow of words.)

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this article was on Tomdispatch, but I saw it at Buzzflash. thank you buzz for posting it.

[musette_sf]

1. k&r

so, so true

[DURHAM D]

2. Great article - thanks for posting. eom

[MichiganVote]

3. Oh to have a dollar for every male, and some females, who want to 'explain' things

as opposed to take responsibility, make decisions based on factual information, discuss rather than dictate....

Very good article.

[varelse]

5. Hehe

I'd be independently wealthy :7

[MichiganVote]

7. And wouldn't we just call the shots then :) Nice thought though. And I have a list all ready too.

[supernova]

4. Nail on the head!

thanks for posting this.


I'm thinking that the tactic this article uses, would be a good way to explain to younger women who think feminist is a dirty word, all the while expecting to go to college andhave a career, why they won't get as far as they think.

[struggle4progress]

6. I should explain that Tom Dispatch has an interesting column on this very subject

and it really makes pretty much the same points

Since guys may not want to click the link in the OP to read that feminist rant, I'm going to go out on a limb here and offer this alternative click: Tom Dispatch

:evilgrin:

[supernova]

15. You stinker

:spank: :spank:

[gaspee]

16. Feminist rant?

I think you might be looking for a different group.

:puke: :wtf:

[lildreamer316]

8. Loved it! Thank you for posting.

Most certainly true...I'm bookmarking.

[cbayer]

9. Excellent read.

Thanks so much for posting.

[roody]

10. Go, Rebecca!

Her book "Hope in the Dark" is a must read.

[Triana]

11. That IS excellent and I am passing it on to the women in my life....

..and others.

Thank you for the pointer!

[snot]

12. I can only concur.

Women who think male chauvinism is past either have been sheltered or are deluded.

[liberalla]

13. I enjoyed that! Great article.

Boy, does that ring familiar! The Men Who Explain Things. So tedious.

Rebecca Solnit. I'll have to look into more of her writings, and books.

Thanks for the link.

[nashville_brook]

14. wow - that pretty much summed up my whole professional life.

if i had a dollar for every time i've witnessed a man silenced a woman in this way, i'd never have to work again.

[undeterred]

17. Read and sent to 26 year old

who will 'splain it to me :rofl:

[femrap]

18. Hi ensho....

What a coincidence....the recipe and then I head over to Women's Rights which I haven't read in a while and there you are posting one of the best damn articles I have ever read....Thanks!

I'm sending it to lots of folks!

[Duppers]

19. sorry I didn't catch this when I posted

:blush:

And bloody hell, I just did it this afternoon. I took the submissive, wimp-ass roll and apologized to a "cock privilege" person. I hate myself.

[Duppers]

20. taken to the extreme

I just came across this....(from 'WTF is it now?') ...

"McCain opposes equal pay bill, votes fer wimmin, kids on his lawn

Maverick Sen. John McClone, campaigning through poverty-stricken cities and towns, said Wednesday he opposes a Senate Democratic bill that seeks equal pay for women because it would lead to more lawsuits, wimminfolk getting uppity ideas..."

[undeterred]

21. I just want to kick this

for all the women out there.

[ismnotwasm]

22. It's worth a kick

It's a great article

[Annces]

23. Very true

And in my experience many women will stand at the front lines to shut other women up and make them feel like they should take the back seat. I used to think women's rights was on a roll, just getting better. But now I think there is something big, and invisible really threatened by woman power. And since many women are not even willing to stand up for their own gender, eek gads, we have a lot farther to go.

[cap]

24. yes... it is a silent resurrection of the patriarchy...