Princess Culture: 2/23

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Is daddy’s princess brave and good?

Why Do Strong Women Get Bullied?

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Certain criticisms don’t mean what the critics think they do.

In Defense of Psycho Bitches from Hell

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Men’s stories of the too-good-to-be-true, sexy girlfriend who became unhinged are universal, and universally lacking in sympathy for the woman’s position.

Is There A War On Men?

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Women and men are fighting a war where the bombs are OUR HEARTS. Or something.

Men and Feminism: A Personal Essay on Finding a Common Ground

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Amalie Steidley responds to Tom Matlack’s article on men and feminism.

On Men and Fashion

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Or why hipster mustaches and bronies in fedoras are the new face of feminism.

Why She Bought a Gun

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After domestic violence ends in a murder-suicide on the police station steps, some women begin to protect themselves and their loved ones with deadly force.

Female-Bashing Leaves Both Genders Battered

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Jessica Bahr unpacks some of the assumptions behind femmephobia, and how devaluing women devalues men on a fundamental level.

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A gentleman not yet twenty, on the yokes of masculinity, maturity, and civility.

Dear Men and Women, I Won’t Apologize to You

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Jayson Gaddis believes there is a better way than blaming or apologizing to the other sex.

Night and Day: Commercials Never Sleep

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Sean Carney satirizes the overwhelming abundance of gender stereotypes in television commercials.

“The traits of leadership and genius are quite distinct from the traits of conformity, the traits that our education systems are often geared towards.”

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This comment was from Alastair on the post “How Could We Possibly Forget About the Boys?”

P!nk: Lady Warrior, Femmephobe

Femmephobia is a trouble that I look on with no small amount of sympathy. In this lovely article from No Seriously, What AboutTeh Menz? Ozy Frantz discusses how, when zie was in high school, zie was a “Cool Chick.” Zie mocked other girls for their stereotypically feminine presentation and behavior and “adopt[ed] male gender norms [...]

Olivia Is Not a Woman

Hi, everybody. My name is Olivia and I have trouble ascribing feminine labels to myself. This is notable for three reasons: 1) I am a cis woman. For those of you who don’t hang out around gendertalks as much as I do, this means that in utero and at birth, doctors looked at me and [...]

An Honest Post About Masculinity

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Masculinity and femininity are no longer two sides to the same coin, but rather the same side. John Dwyer thinks modern culture needs to stop defining genders by their differences.

“It’s not a zero sum game between masculinity and femininity.”

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This comment was by wellokaythen on the post “Why I Can’t Write What’s Good About Masculinity.”