Spinster aunt reads generic feminism article, complains
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in the Huffington Post written by a self-identified feminist who endeavors to explain feminism to a purported audience of feminists who don’t want feminists to explain feminism to them.
Author Kat George’s article is titled “Six Things That Definitely Don’t Make You a Bad Feminist.” Like everything published on the internet these days, it is a list.
The gist of her list is that performance of femininity does not conflict with feminist activism. It includes permission for feminists to change their name when they get married, to get waxed, and to let dudes pick up the tab. Also on the list: it’s no skin of George’s nose if you like to watch “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” But just so you know, she’ll think you’re an idiot if you do. Not a bad feminist, but an idiot.
She also opines that “you don’t have to be a hairy, unwashed vegan to promote feminist belief.”
Good to know that even non-clichéd non-stereotypes can take up the mantle.
Re: Kardashians et al: it is the duty of the spinster aunt to note that passive mainstream TV consumption is so politically neutral it can barely be construed as an “act.” Watching TV is a bodily function regulated by the autonomic nervous system, like digestion, or sucking down a pitcher of margs. But I digress.
“One thing that really irks me about feminism,” complains George in an effort to tell other feminists how to do feminism correctly, “is that sometimes, feminists try to tell other feminists how to do feminism correctly.”
Well, of course she’s irked. That’s because she isn’t doing feminism correctly. Someone who, without compunction, suggests that vegans with body hair practice questionable hygiene is probably on the receiving end of stern feminism lectures more or less constantly. Anyone would find that irksome. But see here: if feminists who do understand feminism keep their traps shut when feminists who don’t understand feminism go around explaining feminism wrong, everybody loses.
Good thing I’m on the case!
For the public good it will be necessary to tweak Ms George’s definition of feminism just a smidge. Rather than a lifestyle accessory in the shape of some passive, nebulous, and capriciously applied “belief in gender equality,” feminism is in fact a political movement the goal of which is the liberation of women from patriarchal oppression.
It’s not just Ms George, either. So many of these ladies are flitting about the countryside with the idea that feminism is about believing in equality. Often they embellish the concept with vague notions of “empowerment” and the psuedofeminist mandate to “choose” “choices.” Suggests George, when you’ve got feminism onboard, “you can be whoever you want to be.” Particularly, it seems, when who you want to be is a woman who performs femininity, a set of behaviors specifically engineered to ensure the dehumanization and subjugation of half the global population.
Now that identifying as a feminist is the trendy fad of sexay celebs, “choice” feminism — the bane of all 7 radfems the world over — has never been hotter. Where on earth did this idea come from, the idea that feminism is a “belief” that one can process, through fashion and TV preferences, into some sort of persona?
From patriarchal forces of misogynist hegemony, that’s where. What we have here is a failure on the part of feminism to penetrate the monster force field that protects the dominant culture from incursions of reason and justice. Patriarchy is so insidious and invisible and impenetrable that feminism has failed, despite its best efforts, to sufficiently disseminate amongst the oppressed the actual gist of actual feminist ideology. The result is that megarich, hypersexualized entertainers can position themselves as feminist role models and swiftly neutralize the revolution by “empowering” the masses to view hypersexualization as a rewarding philosophical pursuit.
Sadly, making the simple assertion that “you can be whoever you want to be” in no way alters the reality that you cannot even remotely be whoever you want to be. Because, as the kids today say, patriarchy. All women are obliged by social pressure, the state, religion, pop culture and whatnot to practice femininity. It’s not a choice, at least not one that can be made freely and without consequence. Often it is a matter of survival. Women who acquiesce, who embrace the strictures imposed by femininity, are rewarded. Those who decline to or cannot comply are punished. No person whose fundamental agency has been stripped can choose choices.
Women cannot choose choices.
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Powered byThere is a gross discrepancy between the reported defect size as seen in the table above and the actual size seen in the attached pictures.
上面表格中记录的缺陷尺寸与在附件照片中看到的实际尺寸有很大的差异。
This is a breed that has no gross or incapacitating exaggerations and therefore there is no inherent reason for lack of balance or unsound movement.
这个品种没有任何粗重或无能夸张的地方，所以他的步态没有理由显得不匀称或不健全。
In a world where there is much talk of gross margin, etc., Bezos and Amazon focus on the long-term health of the company and the customer experience.
总的来说，BEZOS和亚马逊都把精力聚焦在公司的“基业长青”上和用户的体验。
There is a significant difference between high-tech and non-high-tech firms'gross profit rate, indicating that the efficiency of the two types of firms is quite different.
高新技术行业的企业与非高新技术行业的企业的销售毛利率存在显著差异，说明高新技术行业的企业与非高新技术行业的企业所获得的创新投入效率是不同的；
“There is structural growth in passenger demand because gross domestic product per head is rising”, said Chris Tarry, a veteran UK-based aviation consultant.
英国资深航空业顾问克里斯o塔雷(ChrisTarry)表示：“随着人均国内生产总值(GDP)不断增长，乘客需求出现了结构性增长。
The challenge now is how to respond to a situation where the UN believes there are occurring gross violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, including "crimes against humanity."
目前的挑战是如何应对联合国认定的一种现状，即不断发生恶劣践踏国际人道主义和人权法包括反人类罪行的状况。
In a letter sent to RWW, CEO Paul Gross explains, "There is no big story behind it, just the simple version of we ran out of money and the business models we tried didn't work out."
Sampa的CEO保罗·格罗斯在写给读写网的邮件中解释道：“没有什么重大的内幕，关闭的原因仅仅是资金不足，以及我们尝试的这种商业模式没有取得成果。”
Gross said the United States is in "'a liquidity trap,' where interest rates or trillions in asset purchases may not stimulate borrowing or lending because consumer demand is just not there."
葛罗斯表示,美国正处于"一个流动性陷阱",即利率或数以万亿(兆)计的资产购买或无法刺激借贷,因为没有消费者需求."
If this is true, it surely makes a mockery of Wissner-Gross's claims as there's no way an average computer uses as much power as an electric kettle when it's boiling water.
如果这是真的，这当然就使Wissner-Gross的学说变成了笑料，因为一台普通的电脑根本不可能消耗用电水壶烧开水所消耗的能量。
There are whole systems whose gross domestic product is less than the cost of a single Star Destroyer.
有些星系的国内生产总值甚至还比不上单艘歼星舰的成本。
But smokers' lobby group Forest said there was "no justification" for a ban at all. Director Simon Clark said: "Legislation is a gross overreaction.
西蒙，克拉克主管说，“总体来说，法规是一种过激反应，难道在家也禁止吸烟吗？”
But today, amid plummeting gross domestic product and sharp falls in industrial production, there's a new awareness that Russia's economy is also beset by deep-seated problems.
但是今天，由于国内生产总值下降，并急速下降，工业生产，有一个新的认识，俄罗斯的经济也面临深层次问题。
What is the difference between a contemporary piece of gross-out trash and a classic farce if there's no cultural context in which to distinguish them?
如果撇开文化背景这一因素， 如何区分一件令人吐弃的垃圾和一出古典的闹剧?。
Since China is a underdeveloped country of economy, there is 3000 U. S. dollar in per capita gross domestic product only.
由于中国是一个经济不发达的国家，人均国内生产总值仅有3000美元。
Since China is a underdeveloped country of economy, there is 3000 U. S. dollar in per capita gross domestic product only.
由于中国是一个经济不发达的国家，人均国内生产总值仅有3000美元。
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