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ismnotwasm

(42,486 posts)
Wed May 6, 2015, 10:30 AM May 2015

The top 10 shocking “truths” about feminism learned from #HowToSpotAFeminist

I don't do Twitter much. Apparently I miss out on a lot. Remember these are conservatives--the same assholes who want to take away our right to choose. Notice how much of the objections circle around how fuckable a woman is? The irony of misogyny. Then toss in MRA action and neo-nazi talking points (why this last startled me, I don't know--never let anyone say anti-semitism isn't alive and well--it pops up everywhere)


So have you been following this whole #HowToSpotAFeminist thing on the Tweeter? The hashtag was started a couple of days ago by some right-wing radio dudes as an excuse to say mean things about feminism. By yesterday it had turned into a monster, with some feminists jumping in to try to combat the forces of darkness; as I write this at 7:28 AM Wednesday it’s still going strong.

Happily, the hashtag is proving to be very educational. So I would like to share with you The top 10 shocking “truths” about feminism I’ve learned from #HowToSpotAFeminist. You may want to take notes, as some of them are truly shocking indeed.
1) Feminists are fat and ugly with stinky, hairy armpits and no one likes them

2) Feminists have smelly vaginas that may contain sand, cobwebs

3) These ugly, fat, hairy, feminists with stinky armpits and cobweb-filled vaginas sometimes resort to ad hominem instead of serious man logic

4) Feminists are Jews, or they’re controlled by Jews, or, I dunno, something to do with Jews

5) Feminists don’t know what “real feminism” is, and need to have some doofus on the internet who refers to women as “cumsluts” explain it to them

6) Feminists think they are equal to men, even though they sometimes need to have things repaired

7) Feminists for some weird reason think that rape is bad even though they’re so ugly no one would even want to rape them

8) Feminists aren’t real women, possibly because they don’t like Hitler enough

9) They have kept alive by men for all of human life and still are with male taxes.


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The top 10 shocking “truths” about feminism learned from #HowToSpotAFeminist (Original Post) ismnotwasm May 2015 OP
The level of their hate is in direct proportion to DURHAM D May 2015 #1
Pretty much ismnotwasm May 2015 #2
Update: Feminists Have Taken Over #HowToSpotAFeminist, And It Is Glorious ismnotwasm May 2015 #3
Sometimes social media can be a wonderful thing Novara May 2015 #4
Who doesn't have stinky armpits? geek tragedy May 2015 #5
I really hate that the word "feminism" is loaded Novara May 2015 #6
In this case it's a bunch of conservative fucks ismnotwasm May 2015 #7

ismnotwasm

(42,486 posts)
3. Update: Feminists Have Taken Over #HowToSpotAFeminist, And It Is Glorious
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:11 PM
May 2015
When conservative radio host Doc Thompson started the hashtag #HowToSpotAFeminist over the weekend, he wasn't really talking about how to identify people who believe in social, political and economic equality of the sexes.

Instead, he sought to make fun of anyone who dared identify as a feminist. Thompson retweeted many responses from men's rights activists and other deeply confused people offering up negative stereotypes about feminists -- namely that they are all hairy, preachy harpies with "daddy issues" who exist to put men down.

However, actual feminists have co-opted the hashtag to spread awareness about what "the f-word" really means, and it's incredible. Some tackled the definition, while others took down stereotypes about what a feminist


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/06/how-to-spot-a-feminist-is-now-a-feminist-hashtag_n_7221894.html
 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
5. Who doesn't have stinky armpits?
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:40 PM
May 2015

Though my mother taught me that men have armpits, women have 'underarms.'

That one never made sense to me.

Novara

(6,115 posts)
6. I really hate that the word "feminism" is loaded
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:44 PM
May 2015

I think we need to reclaim it. So you think women and men should be treated equally? Congratulations. You're a feminist!

ismnotwasm

(42,486 posts)
7. In this case it's a bunch of conservative fucks
Wed May 6, 2015, 01:19 PM
May 2015

Who want to take away our rights. Otherwise I agree completely

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