The Road Jess Travelled
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Feminist. Atheist. Progressive. Intersectional. Pro-Abortion
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You can only dehumanize people so much before they come to see it is you who lacks any humanity. Don't expect kindness or even civility from those you've treated as subhuman.
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Lots of people who say they are feminists are in fact anti-feminists, but you’re not ready for that conversation …
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Lots of people who say they are feminists are in fact anti-feminists, but you’re not ready for that conversation …
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I loved this conversation with Andi, and tried to get at something important that I think has been lost: feminism is a discrete ideology, and has a more specific meaning than “anything any woman ever says about gender.”
![The vagueness and nonspecificity that characterize “Did women ruin the workplace?” are hallmarks of right-wing rhetoric, says Moira Donegan, a Guardian columnist and writer-in-residence at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research who co-hosts the podcast “In Bed With the Right.” “One revealing thing about the conversation is that you can tell these people are in an epistemic bubble where they’re not being challenged on what they’re saying. [They] presume a kind of intellectual entitlement where these are not words you have to make your audience understand. It’s one thing to do that when you’re at the National Conservatism Conference; it’s another when you’re in The New York Times.” Donegan adds one more term to the list, pointing out that the conversation “uses ‘feminism’ as a euphemism for ‘women,’ rather than defining feminism as a set of political commitments or ideals. [When] it’s espoused by a woman and is about gender, that’s presumed to be sufficient to define it as feminism.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sdu4rudzew7rtf26u5o4bdf7/bafkreiewwm3xmwvvxkqspo6ao6seoro5bcmynxh4imtcfhtbr54gxb7bgm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I loved this conversation with Andi, and tried to get at something important that I think has been lost: feminism is a discrete ideology, and has a more specific meaning than “anything any woman ever says about gender.”
Women: will men please stop assaulting us?
Men: Not All Men!
Women: ok, will you hold the bad ones accountable?
Men: not our responsibility. You're a strong, independent woman. Deal with it.
Women: ok, we'd like to be able to avoid men
Men: no! You must give us access as a class.
Men: Not All Men!
Women: ok, will you hold the bad ones accountable?
Men: not our responsibility. You're a strong, independent woman. Deal with it.
Women: ok, we'd like to be able to avoid men
Men: no! You must give us access as a class.
“The dual class action suits allege that the functions—which followed thousands of sexual harassment and assault lawsuits against Uber and Lyft over the years— have limited the economic opportunities for men and discriminated against them because of their gender.”
Male Drivers Sue Uber and Lyft Over Women-Only Ride-Hailing
The lawsuits allege that male drivers receive fewer rides because of the feature, violating sex discrimination laws.
time.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Women: will men please stop assaulting us?
Men: Not All Men!
Women: ok, will you hold the bad ones accountable?
Men: not our responsibility. You're a strong, independent woman. Deal with it.
Women: ok, we'd like to be able to avoid men
Men: no! You must give us access as a class.
Men: Not All Men!
Women: ok, will you hold the bad ones accountable?
Men: not our responsibility. You're a strong, independent woman. Deal with it.
Women: ok, we'd like to be able to avoid men
Men: no! You must give us access as a class.
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When men were simply trusted to be collectively decent and professional, they committed 2,717 REPORTED sexual assaults THAT WE KNOW OF. Now they are demanding RAPE CULTURE REPARATIONS for this feature being rolled out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
When men were simply trusted to be collectively decent and professional, they committed 2,717 REPORTED sexual assaults THAT WE KNOW OF. Now they are demanding RAPE CULTURE REPARATIONS for this feature being rolled out.
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Finding cotton garments is nearly impossible.
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Finding cotton garments is nearly impossible.
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It's pretty well established through multiple high quality studies that clothes made recently wear out faster than clothes in the past did, but saying so apparently makes you a "reactionary crank".
these people are reactionary cranks literally making some of the most archetypal cranky-old-person complaints you could imagine, and it makes me feel crazy that apparently no one can see it
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It's pretty well established through multiple high quality studies that clothes made recently wear out faster than clothes in the past did, but saying so apparently makes you a "reactionary crank".
I still wear clothing I wore in high school - & no it wasn't high-end fashion. It was inexpensive clothing my parents could afford for kids. It has lasted longer than things I bought a few years ago.
Your argument here is that consumer goods across a wide swath of categories have not, in fact, decreased in recent decades? You really genuinely don’t think there has been a secular decline in the quality and durability of the average product?
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I still wear clothing I wore in high school - & no it wasn't high-end fashion. It was inexpensive clothing my parents could afford for kids. It has lasted longer than things I bought a few years ago.
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"the fundamental weakness of feminist analysis is it's failure to acknowledge that men Simply Need to be the de facto masters"
okay. i guess if men simply cannot for some mystical essential reason be separated from their rulership status, then they must be abolished as a class.
okay. i guess if men simply cannot for some mystical essential reason be separated from their rulership status, then they must be abolished as a class.
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"the fundamental weakness of feminist analysis is it's failure to acknowledge that men Simply Need to be the de facto masters"
okay. i guess if men simply cannot for some mystical essential reason be separated from their rulership status, then they must be abolished as a class.
okay. i guess if men simply cannot for some mystical essential reason be separated from their rulership status, then they must be abolished as a class.
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every time one of these wastrel losers opens their mouth to whine and wheedle that men simply naturally "need" to be the boss of women and fathers simply "need" to be the masters of the home it only further convinces me that capital-F Fathers and Fatherhood must be totally abolished as a concept.
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
every time one of these wastrel losers opens their mouth to whine and wheedle that men simply naturally "need" to be the boss of women and fathers simply "need" to be the masters of the home it only further convinces me that capital-F Fathers and Fatherhood must be totally abolished as a concept.
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I watched it because I read this from the writer…I think it’s going to be a great series
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I watched it because I read this from the writer…I think it’s going to be a great series
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The New York Times’ editorial decisions make more sense when you remember their publisher is a fifth-generation owner who was handed the paper as a birthright while the managing editor was a Harvard legacy whose father founded Staples.
They’re very firm believers in the meritocracy, you see.
They’re very firm believers in the meritocracy, you see.
A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The New York Times’ editorial decisions make more sense when you remember their publisher is a fifth-generation owner who was handed the paper as a birthright while the managing editor was a Harvard legacy whose father founded Staples.
They’re very firm believers in the meritocracy, you see.
They’re very firm believers in the meritocracy, you see.
Supremacist ideology is one helluva drug. And so effective those benefiting from & enforcing it can really convince themselves they aren't but they are being victimized by "political" identities existing & having the same rights & access as they do.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Supremacist ideology is one helluva drug. And so effective those benefiting from & enforcing it can really convince themselves they aren't but they are being victimized by "political" identities existing & having the same rights & access as they do.
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I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.
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www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-tiktoker... This whole series reveals a moral bankruptcy at the heart of American Christianity.When churches that preach about the sanctity of life refuse to give or buy a can of baby formula for someone in need, they’re revealing the giant chasm between creed &compassion
A TikToker is exposing churches that refuse to help a hungry baby
Nikalie Monroe’s viral experiment reveals a devastating truth: Many houses of worship preach compassion but practice indifference
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-tiktoker... This whole series reveals a moral bankruptcy at the heart of American Christianity.When churches that preach about the sanctity of life refuse to give or buy a can of baby formula for someone in need, they’re revealing the giant chasm between creed &compassion
I'm a simple woman. I see Vince Gilligan, I watch.
He has my complete & utter (conditional) loyalty after creating my favorite show. Rhea Seehorn being incredible again is just a bonus. Pluribus' first two eps have my attention.
He has my complete & utter (conditional) loyalty after creating my favorite show. Rhea Seehorn being incredible again is just a bonus. Pluribus' first two eps have my attention.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I'm a simple woman. I see Vince Gilligan, I watch.
He has my complete & utter (conditional) loyalty after creating my favorite show. Rhea Seehorn being incredible again is just a bonus. Pluribus' first two eps have my attention.
He has my complete & utter (conditional) loyalty after creating my favorite show. Rhea Seehorn being incredible again is just a bonus. Pluribus' first two eps have my attention.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Frankenstein - the cruelty of men to insist on creating life with no intention of nurturing it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Frankenstein - the cruelty of men to insist on creating life with no intention of nurturing it.
Saw a post about a Republican who now denounces current Republicans, specifically with signs. He was in the comments accepting praise so I looked at his profile which had something about dominating MAGA. I won't pretend I don't mock MAGAts & take pleasure in their humiliation. Ridicule is resistance
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Saw a post about a Republican who now denounces current Republicans, specifically with signs. He was in the comments accepting praise so I looked at his profile which had something about dominating MAGA. I won't pretend I don't mock MAGAts & take pleasure in their humiliation. Ridicule is resistance
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The people wanting to compromise on trans people's rights & representation in society are just as dangerous as the brazen bigots wanting them dead. The former emboldens & facilitates the latter.
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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once again tapping the "ally is a label you allow others to grant you, not a label you get to claim for yourself as use as a cudgel against the marginalized people you're a supposed 'ally' of" sign
I stand by what I said. There is no agreement in this issue because it’s impossible to solve. It lies beyond the realm of philosophy or science. It can’t be said only shown. I support trans rights, btw, but the responses to this are a perfect illustration of fanaticism.
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
once again tapping the "ally is a label you allow others to grant you, not a label you get to claim for yourself as use as a cudgel against the marginalized people you're a supposed 'ally' of" sign
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"i'm a trans ally but those crazy trannies need to shut the fuck up with their impossible demands like being treated respectfully"
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"i'm a trans ally but those crazy trannies need to shut the fuck up with their impossible demands like being treated respectfully"