Cull the least feminist person at every turn and soon enough Twisty Faster is sounding reasonable.
Uhm, curiosity made me google Twisty Faster, and… well, how could anyone not love a blogger whose comment moderating policy includes: “Everyone dislikes reading un-excellent comments.”? She says that men are not allowed to comment at her blog, which in my opinion is more fair that pretending to have a blog open for everyone and then silence any man who dares to disagree (“check your privilege”, “mansplaining”). She even quotes the S.C.U.M. Manifesto, and her ideas about preventing rape sound like a coherent extrapolation of ideas already existing in a weaker form.
But this article and its 200 comments are pure gold. If you don’t want to read it, the essence is this: -- Imagine that I (a man) simply declare myself to be a woman and enter a women’s sauna. (In the original article it was women-only college, but the analogy with sauna was made in the comments.) Should I be allowed to do that? -- The extra challenge is in properly explaining why, without saying anything that could be interpreted as a sexist, trans-phobic, or otherwise politically incorrect argument. (For example you can’t say it’s because I’m a man, because I declared myself a woman, and who are you to question my identity?) Twisty Faster bites the bullet, if I understand her correctly, and says that I should be allowed to do that. Respect!
I am not sure if that lady is real, but the internal consistence of her opinions makes her sound deep. Also, she does a really good job moderating the discussion.
Uhm, curiosity made me google Twisty Faster, and… well, how could anyone not love a blogger whose comment moderating policy includes: “Everyone dislikes reading un-excellent comments.”? She says that men are not allowed to comment at her blog, which in my opinion is more fair that pretending to have a blog open for everyone and then silence any man who dares to disagree (“check your privilege”, “mansplaining”). She even quotes the S.C.U.M. Manifesto, and her ideas about preventing rape sound like a coherent extrapolation of ideas already existing in a weaker form.
But this article and its 200 comments are pure gold. If you don’t want to read it, the essence is this: -- Imagine that I (a man) simply declare myself to be a woman and enter a women’s sauna. (In the original article it was women-only college, but the analogy with sauna was made in the comments.) Should I be allowed to do that? -- The extra challenge is in properly explaining why, without saying anything that could be interpreted as a sexist, trans-phobic, or otherwise politically incorrect argument. (For example you can’t say it’s because I’m a man, because I declared myself a woman, and who are you to question my identity?) Twisty Faster bites the bullet, if I understand her correctly, and says that I should be allowed to do that. Respect!
I am not sure if that lady is real, but the internal consistence of her opinions makes her sound deep. Also, she does a really good job moderating the discussion.