Shitposting for the Fempire
‘HA! A woman made assumptions about me that I never even bothered to deny! What an idiot!’
Fun with "Feminists"
Same weblog as before, but I’m going to spend less time on this particular entry. Mercifully. If you think that any content warnings are necessary here, I could provide them.
So I was sitting outside the spawn’s acting class, trying very hard not to interact with the toddlers-in-tiaras parents, keeping my nose buried in my phone, when one of the moms leaned over and nudged me.
After the obligatory your-kid-is-so-cute thing, she asked what I do for a living.
“I’m a stay-at-home mom.”
I have this conversation at least a couple of times a year, always with other women.
That sounds nice.
Most of the time, when I utter that sentence, the woman I’m talking to will react either by smiling genuinely and saying, “oh that’s so awesome,” or by doing that fake-smile, wide-eyed thing, their voice rising half an octave, and saying, “oh, that’s so awesome.”
They’re trying real hard to be polite.
And then life, and the conversation, goes on.
But every few months, I’ll get a different reaction. It’ll be anything from disbelief to disgust, as if my lifestyle was personally offensive to her.
I’m not sure if I would take it personally. They could be upset with the circumstances, not you.
Oh honey, you have no idea.
Whatever that means.
That’s what happened with this woman. She curled her lip and asked, “Are you serious?”
A sad reminder that there’s still much work to be done.
Why does God hate me?
God’s too busy trying to decide how many hominids He wants to die from poverty today. He doesn’t have time to fuck around with you.
I was way more interested in the email and text conversations I was having on my phone anyway, so I just said, “Yep,” turned my body away from her, and buried my nose in my phone, using every body language trick I knew of to let her know that the conversation was over.
She didn’t take the hint.
That was impolite of her.
“You know, that’s the problem with society today. We can’t move forward as a culture until we stop living in the fifties.”
Okay, ‘fifties’ would be exaggerative, but I do see a few relics that were brought over from that era. The fetishization with nuclear weapons, the communist conspiracies, the terrible advertising, Donald Trump… a lot of North American conservatives would probably tell you that the 1950s were the apex of the U.S.A., at least in the 20th century. Then again, maybe they’d prefer the 1980s: where modern technology was at its shittiest and an Alzheimer had the ability to create a nuclear apocalypse and the conditions for future debt.
I couldn’t help but grin. This reaction is by far my favorite. Don’t get me wrong, the “lazy” accusations,
Which make no bloody sense. Do these bipeds have any idea how difficult it is to raise kids and maintain a job?
and the I’m-not-contributing-anything-to-society accusations,
Nothing worse than that!
If you are a fascist.
and the “I-have-a-full-time-job-and-work-out-every-day-and-still-have-time-to-spend-with-my-kids” comments are entertaining in and of themselves.
How much time with them? An hour? Gee, thanks.
But the “feminists” are the most fun.
I didn’t expect her to be feminist. I guess that being opposed to stay‐at‐home motherhood unconditionally is a ‘feminist’ tenet now. Because you said so. Thanks for the update!
Look, it’s not really about the lifestyle itself that bothers far‐leftists. If you can honestly say that nothing sounds more appealing that being a stay‐at‐home mum, knock yourself out. The worry here is its compulsion. Sure, maybe nobody is being directly coerced into staying at home and watching the kids, but for many women it’s the best option, not a good one, but the best nonetheless. The time spent with children isn’t typically divided amongst the immediate family; the mum does most of it. Some would prefer to do other things like astronomy, linguistics, mathematics, design, or whatever. Most hominids need breaks from things, and raising a child isn’t easy.
You know the ones. The ones who find a reason at least once a week to declare loudly and proudly, “I’m a feminist,” and are quick to condemn any woman not living what they think is a “feminist lifestyle.”
What exactly is a ‘feminist lifestyle’? One possibility: autonomy, liberty, equality, and justice. If none of these would apply to a ‘feminist lifestyle’, then I don’t require feminism.
Sure enough, she uttered those very words. She said, “I’m sorry, I don’t mean to be insulting. I’m just a feminist and I believe that women are better than being kept barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen by their husbands. I mean, you do know you’re contributing to the patriarchy, right?”
It is kind of presumptuous, but one could argue that it’s something that we expect in this society. Honestly, I would hesitate to casually mention patriarchy, because commoners would probably associate it with primitive civilizations, not modern societal structures.
I had to laugh. Because come on, that’s funny. “Am I?”
Yeah, I’m unsure if that was a smooth idea on her part (and I’m assuming that she’s real and that this transcript is accurate).
She seemed stunned that I was laughing, and then seemed to get a little irritated. “I don’t know why you think it’s funny. Women have suffered for our rights, so we can live our lives the way we want to. And you’re basically spitting in their faces by supporting the patriarchy. That’s the environment you’re choosing to raise your daughter in. You think that’s funny? Is it a joke to you? Don’t you think your daughter deserves a strong female role model? Don’t you want to do right by her? Do you think teaching her to obey the patriarchy is funny?”
Well if you let your husband boss you around—which you didn’t deny—I’d be willing to concur with that statement.
I couldn’t help it. I mean, I’m all about self-control and all that. But it was just too perfect. I couldn’t resist.
“I think it’s hilarious. I’ll make sure to tell my husband and both my boyfriends about it tonight so we can all share a laugh.”
And seriously, the look on her face was just priceless. Like, I felt like I was in a Mastercard commercial. But I took the opportunity to impart some knowledge. This is obviously not word-for-word, but I’ve repeated this lecture a few times now, and it’s always about the same.
I would sincerely be impressed if she did this to somebody who was intimidating or nasty, but I don’t think that the femmie tried to be either of those. She was concerned, and yes maybe a bit invasive, but if she wanted to act like a dick, she could have done much worse than that. (I get the feeling that she was disappointed.)
There is nothing wrong with patriarchal relationships, or relationships where the man is the dominant partner and primary decision-maker. If that’s the relationship both partners want, then there’s nothing wrong with it. That’s not the problem.
I don’t think that she was referring to any personal relationship. She was referring to power structures.
“The Patriarchy” isn’t evil.
I don’t want any power structures affecting my life or my friends’. If you don’t like that, you can defend it with your life.
Men are not our enemies.
But our enemies are usually men.
There’s no reason to be hostile toward any situation where a man takes a position of authority over a woman.
Any situation, huh?
“The Patriarchy” isn’t the problem.
Not the problem, a problem, along with any other power structure, like Euro supremacy.
The problem is that you’ve become what you hate. The first feminists wanted women to be treated as equal, to be given the same rights as a man, and to have the ability to live their lives the way they want, without being ostracized for it.
Well, they didn’t fully succeed at that. Poverty, unemployment, statism, capitalism, and other burdens keep our autonomies lower than they ever need to be.
You assume that my relationships are patriarchal, which you don’t approve of, so you become condescending, choosing not to see me as your equal, and you condemn the choices I’ve made regarding how I want to raise my daughter.
Do you love being a stay‐at‐home mum? Good for you. (I myself wouldn’t mind doing volunteer work for my lovers if we were closer.) But here’s a better question: would it be facile to escape from that lifestyle if you ever reconsidered?
In one breath, you acknowledge the struggle that the first feminists went through to give us the freedom to live our lives the way we want, and in the next, you condemn me for living my life the way I want.
I don’t think that she realised that you ever made a conscious decision for that. According to you, she said ‘…I believe that women are better than being kept barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen by their husbands. I mean, you do know you’re contributing to the patriarchy, right?” And you just said “Am I?” She continued: ‘I don’t know why you think it’s funny. Women have suffered for our rights, so we can live our lives the way we want to. And you’re basically spitting in their faces by supporting the patriarchy. That’s the environment you’re choosing to raise your daughter in.’ Now, what exactly did she mean by choosing? Did she think that it was an arrangement that you both happily agreed to, or one that he or somebody else pressured you into and decided not rebel against?
My situation is the exact opposite of a patriarchy. I am the dominant partner and primary decision maker in all three of my relationships. There is no patriarchy.
So why didn’t you try to help her understand? What a dickhead.
But even if there was, why should I not be allowed to choose that life for myself?
As I said, I think that she was referring to a structure, not a mere lifestyle. If you all happily agree to it, with no signs of manipulation, and you can bail out, then I don’t give a damn.
Women aren’t allowed to think for themselves anymore, is that it? They’re only allowed to lead the lifestyle society deems appropriate? They’re not allowed to want to submit to a man?
Does she think that our society is under the hands of the evil femicommies? If so, that’d be pretty damn funny.
Haven’t we come a long way in our attitudes toward women…
The fact that all humans have the potential for power or empowerment does not mean that they all have equal access to them.
I am in charge and in control of every aspect of my life, including the raising of my kid. Hell no, I don’t want someone else raising my kid while I’m at work. I want to be directly responsible for every aspect of her raising.
I really hope that you don’t have to resort to punishing any of them. If so, you may want to expect some rebellions in the future.
And it’s paid off.
She was potty-trained before her second birthday. She’s 4, and she knows the difference between weight and mass. She knows the difference between mammals and fish. She knows what symbiosis is, and can provide multiple examples of two different animals having symbiotic relationships. She knows what sonar is and how whales use that…
(The raving goes on for six more paragraphs. Whilst there’s nothing exactly wrong with that, it has little to do with either feminists or patriarchies.)
So unless your kid can do all of that at 3 years old, I have exactly zero interest in anything you have to say about the way I choose to raise her or the environment I choose to raise her in.
I’ve got this, thanks.
It’s great that your daughter knows so much and behaves well, but my concern would be anybody using terrorism or violence against children. When you do that, you teach them that those are valid ways for bipeds to get what they want, and you may be setting her up for psychological issues down the line. Do you think that that would have prevented somebody like Richard Kuklinski from leading the life that he did?
But hey, I don’t have any kids, so why take those things seriously?
Would I like to have financial independence, and not have to rely on Kazander for money? Hell fucking yes. Particularly in recent months. But I never planned on having kids, and now that I’ve got one, I want to make sure I do right by her. In my opinion, doing right by my daughter means staying home and giving her every possible advantage I can, using every tool and resource I can get my hands on. I’ve decided to make raising my daughter more important than something as petty as a paycheck*.
Or we could nix the status quo and labour together to make a free and equal society where goods are produced for use and not profit. That way, you wouldn’t have to bother with any financial matters: you could take what you need.
You lot may ask, ‘Why would anybody agree to that?’ Because the reward doesn’t necessarily lie in somebody loving your products, it was the fact that you could do something that you liked—or at least preferred—and your results weren’t wasted. When I clean places in my house, I don’t get rewarded with a paycheque, I get rewarded with a cleaner house. It may not be ‘fun’, but it’s at least fulfilling and rewarding. I’m veering off‐topic, however.
That’s my choice, and I’ve always lived my life the way I want to. I’m not about to stop just because it’s looked down upon. Being a stay-at-home mom is not the only lifestyle choice I’ve made that’s looked down upon by the bulk of society. It’s just the one that I catch the most shit for, because I’m around snobby, entitled, bored, sexually frustrated moms so often.
Sounds like some hominids could use more anarcha‐feminism in their lives!
* This statement is always made for shock value, directed exclusively at the women who feel the need give me shit for my life choices. I do not think there’s anything wrong with working moms, and I certainly don’t think working moms are petty. I’m driving a point home, that’s all.
All right then, capitalist.
One last thing: on her FAQ the rant is titled ‘Why I’m not a fan of feminazis.’ How cute. Does she have any clue how many Jews or Romani are involved in Modern Feminism™? If these bipeds really care about racial minorities then they could at least say something less gross but otherwise ‘insulting’ (in their eyes) like ‘femicommies’. Their rants would be shit anyway but their exploitation of the suffering of minorities is what makes hominids REALLY despise them.



