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Category Archives: Feminism
Celia Finkelstein: ‘I have no current plans to kill myself.’
Celia’s Twitter bio says: “I’m an actor and a writer and I have no current plans to kill myself.” Wow. She links to her IMDB page from where I take this lovely photo. According to her IMDB bio: “Celia Finkelstein … Continue reading
Feminist Internet: Men Proposing to Women Is Rape Culture
More craziness from a Jewish feminist. National Review: According to a piece in the feminist blog Bustle, the tradition of men proposing women is “problematic” because it “perpetuates rape culture.” Yes — not “problematic” because it perpetuates recklessly emotional social … Continue reading
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Lean In, Lose Love
From the Chateau: During the Victorian era, men would sometimes hand out spinster shaming cards like these to ugly and unfeminine women on Valentine’s Day (any feminists reading this ought to consult a head asplosion doctor before continuing further): Women … Continue reading
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The Indispensable Sex
Martin Van Creveld writes: Last week a female Israeli soldier, Hadar (meaning, roughly, “Splendor,” or “Glory,”) Cohen, was killed in the course of duty. Two months into the Israel Defense Force, just two days after she had completed her basic … Continue reading
Similarities Between Traditional Conservatives And Feminists
From the Chateau: Tradcons and feminists have more in common than either would care to confront. Browsing popular alt-right outposts, I’ve found that a significant number of them — not all; I don’t mean this to be a sweeping indictment … Continue reading
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The Two Paths
From the Chateau: From what looks to be a late 19th Century pamphlet advising women to heed the approach of The Wall and to abstain from the life of a dissolute party girl, (h/t @KaliYugaSurf): Our ancestors were wise. There … Continue reading
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Men Invade, Women Invite
From the Chateau: If you look hard, there are outposts where Shitlords and Realtalkers feel free to speak unassailable truths. One reader passed along this quote from an Israeli politician who was offering an explanation for Europe’s open borders madness … Continue reading
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The Female Orgasm
Chaim Amalek writes: “Some things are best left to women to deal with. It is no more a man’s business if a woman has an orgasm than it is a Somali’s business that Swedish American teenagers are learning torah in … Continue reading
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Developing and Testing a Scale to Measure Need for Drama
I fear this will discriminate against women. It also has the potential for racism. Highlights • Developed Need for Drama scale • Measures interpersonal manipulation, impulsive outspokenness, perceived victimhood. • Strong associations with dark triad, neuroticism, low conscientiousness, gossip. • … Continue reading
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Study: Women Are More Xenophilic Than Men
From the Chateau: Piggybacking on the previous post (and perhaps modifying it), here is a research paper (h/t Irving) authored by Chateau VIP guest Satoshi Kanazawa which uncovered some ugly truths about sex differences in xenophilia (pathological love of foreigner). … Continue reading
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