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no i am not 'exotic' on account of my race, no i am not your 'mommy' or dominatrix on account of how i dress, no my mental disorders do not make me a 'submissive' pet, no i am not good and 'obedient' because of my age.

1970's feminist vandalism

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You hate pasta. You have no appreciation for it, no understanding of it, and no business telling me what pasta is acceptable or unacceptable.

It's just amazing when you really think about it.

The average man hates, fears, and is horrified by women's bodies. His stomach turns at the sight of female body hair. His eyeballs bulge at the sight of stretch marks or slightly saggy breasts. His balls quiver in fright at the thought of menstruation. He needs to be revived with cold water at the idea that a woman's sexual anatomy could have a normal scent outside of "fresh lilac" or "ocean breeze" or whatever is written on douching products.

Before that, my only exposure to strong female characters were those seductive, callous, ridiculously sexualized female characters. The ones who somehow manage to beat up a group of men twice her size while wearing high-heels and a skimpy outfit. The kind of female characters you see in movies targeted for men—the one obligatory woman among an otherwise entirely male cast.

Katniss was, refreshingly, no such thing. She wasn’t unrealistically beautiful, nor unrealistically strong, nor seductively cruel. She was just an average girl, which is what made her so easy to empathize with. She was brave and protective and daring. But she was also a little bitter and sarcastic, and standoffish, and vulnerable, and disadvantaged. She was a realistic character, not an archetype.

It was also so refreshing to see a makeup-less female actress, rather than her having a full-face of makeup and perfect hair while running through the forest and fighting for her life.

i have a friend who answered a job ad for a secretary when she was abroad and she and her friend ran out of money but when they arrived there it was a brothel. they both prostituted themselves for several months. they were only 18. she still talks highly of that brothel, how clean and safe it was, and wants prostitution to be legal

i read the gut wrenching biography of a thai woman who ran away from home, whose parents refused her education and treated her brother very preferably while openly hating her, and entered prostitution in sex tourist destination pattaya at only 13. she was paid by men in their 50s first for her virginity, then to piss on her. she exited at 19 and developed psychosis. she defends sex buyers, hates feminists and wants prostitution to be legal

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- Andrea Dworkin, 1996

A recording of a previously lost Dworkin speech has been made available, online, free, and with no barriers to access.