Comments on: The Feminist Wire censorship: An unpublished response http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/the-feminist-wire-censorship-an-unpublished-response/ Fighting fashionable nonsense Wed, 22 May 2013 23:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Nazaneen http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/the-feminist-wire-censorship-an-unpublished-response/#comment-187410 Nazaneen Sun, 27 May 2012 23:02:22 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=47917#comment-187410 As a woman who was once oppressed by Muslim men in a Muslim nation, I want to say thank you! As a woman who was once oppressed by Muslim men in a Muslim nation, I want to say thank you!

]]> By: Adele Wilde-Blavatsky http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/the-feminist-wire-censorship-an-unpublished-response/#comment-177916 Adele Wilde-Blavatsky Fri, 04 May 2012 12:35:57 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=47917#comment-177916 Congratulations Jame, you appear to be one of the few people who've read my article and understood what it was trying to say. That patriarchal values and male violence underlies the majority of problems in the world today. Only your conclusion I disagree with though, yet again you appear to put the burden on women to 'enter' into a relationship with me, yet I think it is high time more men recognised how patriarchy and the celebration of male violence and power oppresses both men and women and entered into the path of feminism. Which is perhaps what you meant by your last sentence? Congratulations Jame, you appear to be one of the few people who’ve read my article and understood what it was trying to say. That patriarchal values and male violence underlies the majority of problems in the world today. Only your conclusion I disagree with though, yet again you appear to put the burden on women to ‘enter’ into a relationship with me, yet I think it is high time more men recognised how patriarchy and the celebration of male violence and power oppresses both men and women and entered into the path of feminism. Which is perhaps what you meant by your last sentence?

]]> By: james Valentine http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/the-feminist-wire-censorship-an-unpublished-response/#comment-177745 james Valentine Fri, 04 May 2012 05:32:54 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=47917#comment-177745 <em>The social constructs and divisions of race are clearly drawn by those who hold and control religious, economic, and cultural power. So however much mainstream anti-racist discourse claims this is about race, or fear of `hijabs’ and `terrorists’, this is too simplistic. Scratch the surface and what is underlying racist fear and violence is an all- pervasive global culture of male power and domination. If people want to see an end to racism, and I certainly do, then we need to see an end to the celebration and perpetuation of patriarchal norms, values, and institutions. In the twenty-first century, to be anti-racist is to be feminist.</em> Like most true believers, Adele Wilde-Blavatsky traces the evils of racism and attendant violence to a single underlying cause: “a global culture of male power and domination.” The majestic cure for such worldwide human misery lies in the comprehensive and pure application of an infallible ideology called Feminism. Once Feminist; that is female grounded, “consciousness,” principles and practices supplant “male power and domination,” racism, violence and, by implication, most other forms of human evil will be eradicated forever from the face of the earth. It seems more likely in the real world that women will enter into a power-sharing partnership with men and jointly exercise a range of species-specific behaviors that reflect the spectrum of history ranging from competition to cooperation; from greed to altruism; from injustice to justice; from war to peace. The social constructs and divisions of race are clearly drawn by those who hold and control religious, economic, and cultural power. So however much mainstream anti-racist discourse claims this is about race, or fear of `hijabs’ and `terrorists’, this is too simplistic. Scratch the surface and what is underlying racist fear and violence is an all- pervasive global culture of male power and domination. If people want to see an end to racism, and I certainly do, then we need to see an end to the celebration and perpetuation of patriarchal norms, values, and institutions. In the twenty-first century, to be anti-racist is to be feminist.

Like most true believers, Adele Wilde-Blavatsky traces the evils of racism and attendant violence to a single underlying cause: “a global culture of male power and domination.” The majestic cure for such worldwide human misery lies in the comprehensive and pure application of an infallible ideology called Feminism. Once Feminist; that is female grounded, “consciousness,” principles and practices supplant “male power and domination,” racism, violence and, by implication, most other forms of human evil will be eradicated forever from the face of the earth.

It seems more likely in the real world that women will enter into a power-sharing partnership with men and jointly exercise a range of species-specific behaviors that reflect the spectrum of history ranging from competition to cooperation; from greed to altruism; from injustice to justice; from war to peace.

]]> By: Amy Clare http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/the-feminist-wire-censorship-an-unpublished-response/#comment-176900 Amy Clare Wed, 02 May 2012 12:29:35 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=47917#comment-176900 "However, let’s not forget that Muslim women and children are regularly demonised, incarcerated, and oppressed by <em>Muslim men at home and abroad</em>." Exactly. “However, let’s not forget that Muslim women and children are regularly demonised, incarcerated, and oppressed by Muslim men at home and abroad.”

Exactly.

]]> By: The hijab versus the hoodie | Talking Philosophy http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/the-feminist-wire-censorship-an-unpublished-response/#comment-176694 The hijab versus the hoodie | Talking Philosophy Wed, 02 May 2012 02:11:38 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=47917#comment-176694 [...] Blavatsky-Wilde gets her further reply published at Butterflies and Wheels on 1 [...] [...] Blavatsky-Wilde gets her further reply published at Butterflies and Wheels on 1 [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/the-feminist-wire-censorship-an-unpublished-response/#comment-176428 Dave Tue, 01 May 2012 13:18:22 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=47917#comment-176428 Well said. Well said.

]]> By: Adele Wilde-Blavatsky responds | Butterflies and Wheels http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2012/the-feminist-wire-censorship-an-unpublished-response/#comment-176414 Adele Wilde-Blavatsky responds | Butterflies and Wheels Tue, 01 May 2012 12:48:57 +0000 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/?p=47917#comment-176414 [...] just published Adele Wilde-Blavatsky’s response to The Feminist Wire’s “Collective Response” to her article (also for The [...] [...] just published Adele Wilde-Blavatsky’s response to The Feminist Wire’s “Collective Response” to her article (also for The [...]

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