Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn (for women)

by Furry Girl

08.11.09

I recently popped my sex worker blogger cherry when I came across a feminist blog post attacking me.  Since the author of the post didn't feel the need to link to me - or even mention my pseudonym - so that her readers might be able to see what I actually do believe, I see no reason to link to her, either.  Besides, if you've read one pissy feminist screed, you've read them all.  (How frustrating it must be to be so banal.)

The feminist in question didn't offer a rebuttal of my arguments, of course, or an answer to the questions I've posed for feminists.  She mocked "me" for being dumb by inserting ditzy Valleygirl-speak into her paraphrase of something I've said, and argued against me (and Ann Coulter, with whom I am apparently interchangeable) as though I am opposed to all advancements in women's rights ever, included Roe v Wade and laws that protect rape victims.  Because, as we all know, anyone who does not identify as a feminist is obviously devoted to cheering on rapists and forcing women to undergo rusty coat hanger abortions.

She's not the first to use that kind of red herring against me - anyone who doesn't call themselves a feminist is a misogynist - and she won't be the last.

It's times like this that make me wonder: do first world feminists do much of anything apart from angrily whining on the internet about how much they despise other women?  For every one awesome feminist out there pushing for medically-accurate sex education or volunteering at a domestic violence shelter, there are a thousand itching-to-be-upset-about-anything women who's only apparent contribution to their beloved feminism is writing tirades on blogs and forums about how sluts like me are ruining everything for good girls like them.

To these feminists, I say: if you hate women who do things with their bodies that you think they shouldn't be allowed to do, don't couch it in some kind of hypocritical "sisterhood" crap.  Just admit that your problem with The Evil Patriarchy isn't really the issue of men telling women what's best for them, but that you think you are the one who ought to be deciding how women are permitted to live.

Some people seek to quash controlling hierarchies altogether; other people just want to claw their way to the top of the heap so they can get their turn at imposing their will on others.  Don't be the latter.





6 Comments »

  1. Hmmm...I have heard the bit about the coat-hanger abortions, but I did not see the Ann Coulter bit coming on. I must be losing my touch, because the parallels are rather eerie.

    Here's to quashing controlling hierarchies.

    Comment by sexgenderbody — August 11, 2009 @ 11:47 am

  2. "Some people seek to quash controlling hierarchies altogether; other people just want to claw their way to the top of the heap so they can get their turn at imposing their will on others."

    So true. That is why I'm an anarchist and not a feminist.

    Comment by broadsnark — August 12, 2009 @ 10:32 am

  3. There are some feminists that try so hard to bring down anyone they see as being in the fringe. Hell, just look at Janice Raymond, a really transphobic feminist that wrote a book barely masking her contempt for transpeople, the Transsexual Empire.

    Comment by Jessica Sideways — September 13, 2009 @ 11:52 am

  4. A sister sex worker, Mirha-Soleil Ross, wrote a long piece about transphobia and anti- sex worker sentiments in the vegan scene. I reprinted it here: http://www.vegporn.com/board/showthread.php?t=99 (I mention that because Raymond has been involved with an animal rights group, called Feminists for Animal Rights. Interestingly enough, of course, they don't really have anything to do with much of animal rights or feminism, it's just a group of old school women who like to evangelize about the horrors of sexuality at animal rights conferences.)

    Comment by Furry Girl — September 13, 2009 @ 2:49 pm

  5. Heh, found your site as a result of Petra Boynton, and I think your blog awesome. Might be something to do with not only laying your worldview naked, but your body as well. I am a guy after all ;).

    But getting back to the topic, if your so deride this person for not linking to you (which is fairly common practice among the narrow minded, new atheist blogs have it done to them all the time), why didn't you link to them so we can see the femanazi in action mode?

    Comment by NiroZ — September 29, 2009 @ 11:42 am

  6. NiroZ: "Since the author of the post didn't feel the need to link to me - or even mention my pseudonym - so that her readers might be able to see what I actually do believe, I see no reason to link to her, either. Besides, if you've read one pissy feminist screed, you've read them all. (How frustrating it must be to be so banal.)"

    Comment by Furry Girl — September 29, 2009 @ 4:57 pm

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