Haruki Murakami, from 1Q84 (Alfred A. Knopf, 2011) (via apoetreflects)
(Source: larmoyante)
A quick editorial cartoon about the intersection of self-pity, entitlement, rape, territoriality, misogyny and fear of women. You see it all over the place online in the form of Men’s Rights Activists (of whom there are a few reasonable non-misogynists), Men Going Their Own Way, Pick Up Artists, and dudes touting the “Red Pill”, because The Matrix is a good movie. Look any of these up if you have the stomach for it. These are extreme examples, but watered-down forms of these ideas are everywhere.
In lurking their blogs and youtube channels for a while, I’ve noticed that beyond the standard patriarchal chauvinism there is this deep fear of women - what they will do to me, how they will reject me, how they will use me, how they are changing society in a way that does not favor me, how they are making men into something I don’t like, how they are making themselves into something I don’t like, that they won’t give me what I want, and that they won’t give me what I think is rightfully mine. This goes beyond fear of feminism- this is fear of women at its purest. And that, to quote a puppet, leads to anger and hate. It’s sad.
I am a feminist. I think there’s enough ice cream to go around, but it does mean those of us with 3 scoops might have to give one or two up. Also, The Matrix is a fun movie but probably not anything you should be basing a philosophy on.
A book of my cartoons will be out in late April.
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St. Peter’s Square: 2005 vs. 2013 [via: nbcnews]
Sure we’ve come a long way, but they’re still taking photos of smoke signals.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/6190c37fda80cea7d943a3afa6ec6a9d/tumblr_mjntjslHsT1qm4we9o1_500.jpg)
St. Peter’s Square: 2005 vs. 2013 [via: nbcnews]
Sure we’ve come a long way, but they’re still taking photos of smoke signals.
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Andrew Solomon: Notes on an Exorcism
