A Woman is fed up with petty first-world feminism

Number357 · 2013-11-30T02:46:25+00:00

The mere fact that feminists can continue to view men as "privileged" is pretty strong evidence that it's a rich white women's movement. Men are disproportionately affected by homelessness, violence, high school dropout rates, discrimination in the criminal justice system, police brutality, and war... but those things are far from the minds of most rich white women, so they just don't acknowledge them and continue to portray men as "privileged" because some smartphones fit our hands better.

Mitschu · 2013-11-30T05:16:44+00:00

You know how in cartoons, one character will sometimes be so impressed with the other character that a row of hearts rises up from their head, before they realize and hastily try to brush them away?

I'm... okay with it, this time. :3

"Buy a different phone next time, dumbass."

:O... :D... XD

headless_bourgeoisie · 2013-11-30T06:00:44+00:00

Hear, hear! I wish I had a Tumblr so I could reTumble that or whatever you do on that site.

X1342666 · 2013-11-30T04:50:01+00:00

The author of that article isn't the only female bodied person fed up with feminism.

iMADEthis2post · 2013-11-30T04:48:03+00:00

My SO could have wrote that word for word. She won't be called a feminist these days, not without a long explanation following anyway.

anonlymouse · 2013-11-30T12:15:42+00:00

What's really funny about that cunt's complaint about phone size, is all the phablet early adopters were women.

2013-11-30T05:50:20+00:00

"A Woman is fed up with petty first-world feminism"

Oh, i suspect it's a hell of a lot more than just one...

hahaz13 · 2013-11-30T03:53:56+00:00

All of my what...

Nothing has angered me more than the stupidity of this woman. The fact that she points out large smartphones are sexist to women made me want to punch myself in the face to see if I was actually reading those words. So I'm guessing she assumes that all men are larger than women, and all men have large manly hands to accomodate larger phones.

Why buy the phone if it's 'too big'? And as a matter of fact, it's not THAT big compared to other phones? Her model was a Nexus 4, and here it is compared to an iPhone 5s. iPhones are one of the smaller smartphones available, so how can a Nexus 4 that is less than half an inch wider than an iPhone be fucking sexist?

And the fact that she dedicates her blog to technosociology? If she follows tech news, she should know that the trend is BIGGER IS BETTER in phones. Phones have been getting larger due to SCREEN SIZE, not due to MANLY HAND SIZE. Granted she covers all of these points, but blames it on a male dominated tech industry ergo phones were made larger for men.

(Free #PROTIP to manufacturers who care about their bottom line: women usually make their own purchasing decisions, and we are a huge market)

Hey Zeynep, FREE #PROTIP to you. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY THE LARGEST PHONES! GASP! You can buy ANY phone you want. And I'm pretty sure an iPhone is small enough for your hands. AND ANOTHER FREE #PROTIP, if you plan on doing more field reporting and you plan on documenting it, BUY A FUCKING DSLR! Or then again, it's probably too big for your hands.

This is not real feminism. This is retardation. This woman has the IQ of a fucking frog, no offense to the frog.

People like this woman are real feminists. People who actually care about the HUMAN RIGHTS of females. Not stupid shit like this.

And to finish off, to OP, PLEASE don't let this discourage you from being a feminist. What these people preach isn't feminism, so there is no reason for you to disassociate from working towards women's rights.

mtux96 · 2013-11-30T08:51:32+00:00

A female co-worker has a larger phone than I have. I have a Nexus 4. If you don't like the size of a phone, buy a smaller one then. I don't own a Galaxy Note because it's too big for my manly hands and smaller phones just fit better into my hand, even though they're large enough to hold a larger one anyways.

xKirbee · 2013-11-30T16:59:52+00:00

An old friend of my mother participated in the feminist movement of the 1960s and 70s. She thinks that all the shit the "feminists" are spewing on places like Tumblr is outrageous.

She has good reason to.

theldron · 2013-11-30T18:17:04+00:00

That's amazing.

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2013-11-30T20:58:32+00:00

I had someone dismiss my arguments recently with "well women are still second class citizens in the west!".

Yep. Real oppression there. Public transit and new gadgets are only ever inconvenient for women.

MockingDead · 2013-12-01T15:41:43+00:00

Inb4 NAFALTs come.

Dear feminist, that which she criticizes is that which you defend.

sheps145 · 2013-11-30T07:48:24+00:00

This kind of shit makes my blood boil. I'm a strong advocate for "true" feminism (i.e. equal opportunities) but some of the bullshit shown in this post makes me sick to my stomach.

roadhand · 2013-11-30T18:10:59+00:00

I became a feminist because I believe in individual agency and treating all people with basic dignity. I quit because I care more about those things than I will ever care about making men feel bad for existing.

Fuck your little club.

Well said.

typhonblue · 2013-11-30T17:45:06+00:00

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Title	A Woman is fed up with petty first-world feminism
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Date	November 30, 2013 12:55 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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