How to not be a douchebag.
By Valyrie Mia Stone.
“Blah blah blah, feminist. Blah blah
blah, gendership. Blah blah blah- OH MY GOD, NIPPLE!” –Amanda Palmer.
Pretty soon, I am going to post an article I’m writing on
feminism, but for now, here are some really cool videos and articles about it
too, specifically in light of the nude photo stealing that’s been going on. I know it's a long list, so if you only watch one or two, make it the first and last ones.
Rules for women;
Sexual Objectification;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4dPB9MVS8
(Laci Green also has a really great video about misogyny after the shooting by
Elliot Rodger. It’s darker though, so watch at your own behest; http://youtu.be/HPFcspwbrq8)
Rape Culture tweets; http://www.upworthy.com/heres-a-message-for-those-of-you-who-dont-get-why-hacked-celeb-nudes-are-a-big-deal
And hey, while we’re at it, here’s some street harassment
stuff (Oh, Laci Green, you get it so right);
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBddZQbWYk
http://www.upworthy.com/this-is-the-only-appropriate-way-to-catcall-ever?c=hpstream
And Stuff Mom Never Told You with a great impression of a
misogynist (yes, based on an actual, not sarcastic video) and a fabulous
mustache;
(the original video has this literal quote “crazy is
measured 4-10, because of course there’s no such thing as a woman who’s not at
least a 4 crazy.” Seriously.)
When the One Direction song “What Makes You Beautiful” came
out, I disliked it, both on musical merit, and because I hated the message it
sent to its young female target audience. No one at the time got this when I
said it (“what so all girls should be narcissists?”), but here it’s put much
more eloquently;
Because when people oversexualize and diminish a woman to
her body, sometimes you just need to be Amanda Palmer- “Blah blah blah,
feminist. Blah blah blah, gendership. Blah blah blah- OH MY GOD, NIPPLE!” (the Daily Mail reviewed a big show of hers,
except they only talked about how her boob popped out instead of, I don’t know,
her performance or ideologies or status as a human being. Her reaction is both
fantastic and entirely NSFW.); http://vimeo.com/70290264
(This one here shows
her talking about the incident in her own words too, so if you’d like to hear
her talk about it watch this one. The video quality is also worse, but in this
case, you may prefer that) http://www.upworthy.com/an-awful-tabloid-decided-to-review-her-lady-parts-instead-of-her-music-so-she-responded-awesome?c=reccon1
Why slut-shaming doesn’t work on feminists;
Gosh, does Daniel O’Brien ever say anything not fantastic?; http://www.cracked.com/blog/what-our-reaction-to-nude-celeb-leaks-says-about-us
How to be less sexist;
Sexism can limit men too, you know;
Tedx Talk on the nonchalance of sexism. I know the Tedx Talks
are kind of long, but it’s a good one (and her accent is great), so please
watch. If you can’t, here are my favorite parts- “A single mother was sick of
coldcallers asking for the man of the house, so she started putting on her
6-year-old son. Apparently he sings them I’m Sexy And I Know It… We heard from
a woman who, now whenever someone screams ‘nice tits!’ at her on the street,
she looks down at them and screams like she’s never seen them before.”;
Another long Tedx Talk, about sexism in gaming. I love this
guy, and I love his beard. Just watch this one, okay?; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA2kHVMak0E
And to end in a fist-pumping, mic-dropping rant for feminism
is once again, Ms. Laci Green;
