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This place is a bit delete happy
One of my threads was getting discussion and I gave it the background that was available, but it was deleted for "lack of context."
There's a lot of shushing go on here, tbh. If it's not perfect, a post has to be disappeared. Not even moved, or not even asked for more info if appropriate.
It's very frustrating to be in one of the few feminist spaces and getting deleted for this or that small thing. I've seen more posts by probable men and posters that don't even really believe in the principles of radical feminism that slide through. But somehow I get tightly patrolled.
Mine was on the picture of a cop in 1969 in drag "under cover." The look on the faces of the women walking by summed up the preposterousness of it. Nothing else is known about the picture and I said that. But it was still worth the conversation.
Please don't ban me for this criticism, take it or leave it as you wish. But I do think Ovarit could take a look at how much patrolling goes on and who gets patrolled. New members that read like men? Yes please. "Lack of context?" Well.....you didn't offered any context for that deletion.
Her and Nancy Mace are my heroes. I could only dream to speak with JK Rowling in real life.
Slightly unrelated, but it always bothers me when people say JKR must be trans (???) and that’s why she “hates” trans people and that she’s a hypocrite because she has her own preferred male name.. like yeah dumbass she is a WOMAN who had to use a MAN’S NAME to be taken seriously at the behest of her publisher.. basically proving her point that women are oppressed on the basis of even PERCEIVED sex. /rant over
I remember seeing a study proving this on art work. People were given various paintings to judge and if they saw a mans name by it they gave it a higher rating versus ones with a woman's name next to it.
When they were given the paintings to view without names, the results were a lot different and female paintings got higher ratings. I have been trying to google it but all I am coming up with is that female artists get paid less than male ones and their work goes for less at auction.
This same bias is why orchestras began holding auditions in ways that disguised the sex of the player.
Works the same for resumés
I can't remember off the top of my head either, but there's a chance it could have been something from Guerrilla Girls, or at least referenced in one of their books/info sources. I've not kept up with them for a while but I know they've always been a good resource for sexism in art.
I love them! Do you know if they’re GC? I’d be so disappointed if they’re TRA.
I'm not sure but I feel the same. Their whole idea breaks apart if they start including men as women. One of my old professors loved them and highlighted a lot of their older work before I peaked so I never thought to look at that until now honestly. Their wiki page said they had a "controversy" for being "insensitive towards trans women" in a campaign, but I can't even tell when that was or if they've since changed anything.