MetaTalk posts tagged with feminism

Watcha reading? Well, this thread for one thing

jokeefe — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:46:00 -0800

This recent thread, from October 8, is just about to close. It's been an extraordinary one, and is still active as of this afternoon. If you haven't read it, or if you stopped reading after the first few posts, you might want to visit or revisit the thread; you will find one of the finest and most thoughtful Metafilter discussions touching on sexism, sexual assault, and gender relations to have taken place here. Threads like this make Metafilter itself the best of the web. A special thank you to all who posted, especially to the women who told their personal stories.

Fat bitchez, raise your hands.

peggynature — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:07:01 -0800

Body-positive feminists, stand UP. Based on PhoBWanKenobi's comment on this really great AskMeFi thread, I'd like to know how many of us there are here. I've got an inkling, based on certain posts and answers to AskMeFi questions, but I'd really like an explicit outing of those here (men as well as women) who consider themselves to be body-positive (that is to say, fat-friendly) and feminist. I just want to feel the love. So come out, come out, wherever you are. We're a team. Let's say hi.

Is this questions creepy and/or offensive?

chunking express — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:05:57 -0800

Is this ask.mefi question creepy and/or offensive?

Is Metafilter a Boyzone?

theplayethic — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 06:23:50 -0800

[Mistakenly posted this on MetaFilter - apologies for category error]

Is Metafilter a Boyzone? Was recommending MeFi to one of my girl-pals, and she came back to me with the following: "interesting...but it's a bit of a men's room, isn't it?" When pressed she cited postings like sex classes, gross-out cartoons, nerdish obsession, flimsy pretexts for nudity, and whiny self-pitying threads about failing manhood. Somewhat surprised, and in mild defense, I cited back postings on the horror of honour killings, drag queens talking about false breasts and male self-parody. Now she's actually v. pro-men, and no knee-jerk feminist, so she's got me wondering: Are we? And if so, does it matter?