#pennyred

I have seen The Perfection on Netflix. I have...some thoughts, and I'm tempted to share them. Firstly: I WANT YOU ALL TO SEE THIS FILM RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE OF REASONS.

The idea that women actually enjoy sex - that we pursue it for its own sake despite the risk and stigma - is clearly very threatening to some people out there. Women want sex just as much as men do. We’re just punished far more for having it.

Imagine two posh people who hate each other standing in the doorway of a collapsing building going ‘After you’ ‘no, after you’, while 66 million people are trapped inside waiting for them to stop dicking about. That, but a bit more racist. That’s #Brexit.

How’s everyone doing today?

How’s your Christmas this year? Having a good one? A bad one? Are you with loved ones? Missing people? Somewhere strange or special? Tell me how you’re spending it. Wishing all of you all the best. pic.twitter.com/tExZjD5r2W

— Laurie Penny (@PennyRed) July 15, 2018

I have the same hair as her right now and to be honest I’m hoping it’s just going to be us literally rubbing our heads together to create some sort of feminist static. A la The Power. @naomialderman https://t.co/xoNJLdVhVF

In the past fifteen minutes I have been threatened, sworn at, had strangers fantasise about my death and say disgusting things about my family, encountered some hefty anti-semitism, and more. This is because I said ‘men are trash and can and should change.’ Go figure.