babyfinland posted:

aerdil posted:

did u watch the second episode of black mirror discipline

gr8

i wonder, what would be the effect of brecht's theory on theatre here, where the production agitates the audience into resolving the inherent conflict within the play out in their lives. a kind of reversing of the denouement, which placates the viewer

maybe it is useful here to read FEMEN this way to, in its spectacle dimension: are these acts galvanizing women and justice? does it serve as a steam-valve? how does it function?

futurewidow posted:

babyfinland posted:

aerdil posted:

did u watch the second episode of black mirror discipline

where's part 2 of 5 aaaaaaaaaaaahhhh

if it doesnt show up in related you can usually find it in the user's videos by clicking the "171 videos" thing

futurewidow posted:
they're all insanely attractive , kinda makes you wonder why they're into feminism

some are certainly very attractive, a plurality however are homely, and sag-breasted before their time. hope this has been helpful

Garpstein posted:
future widow got real mad one time when i pointed out with heavy documentary evidence that by all standards black women have it better than black men

go fuck yourself

Garpstein posted:

Lessons posted:

Garpstein posted:
future widow got real mad one time when i pointed out with heavy documentary evidence that by all standards black women have it better than black men

go fuck yourself

that seems unreasonable and vaguely homophobic, imo. please be more considerate.

go back to wddp. thank you in advance, for your consideration.

Garpstein posted:
please dont tell people to go places, i stood up for you when the 'Slam Krew was telling you to go to places.

i appreciate your support.

discipline posted:
also by lungfish's girlfriend: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2011/08/16/blueprint-for-a-womans-life/

1. Do less homework.Women do better in school than men, but school is not a harbinger of doing well in life. Other stuff is. Other stuff that men do all the time. For example, involvement in sports is a foreshadow of a great career. And video games are, too, because they are both collaborative and competitive–two essential skills. So do stuff guys do, and get grades that are as bad as theirs–after all, you should not be the hardest worker, ever.

2. Get plastic surgery.
This is the must-have career tool for the workforce of the new millennium. You will earn more money and you will have more opportunities for mentoring. Also, you will have a wider choice of men, which, of course, is another way to earn more money.

3. Go to business school right out of the gate.
Everyone has always wanted to go to business school right after college, but good MBA programs didn't allow it. Now there is an unwritten rule that women can get in earlier because it's so clear that women who want to have kids don't really benefit from going to an MBA program later. If you get your MBA early, you accomplish a few key things. Not only do you set yourself up for skipping entry-level jobs, but you also make re-entry after kids an easier process because you have higher level experience before you leave.

On top of that, you are more likely to marry well. Men like women who are smart but not making more than they are. (I do not have a link for this. I have instinct.) Business school is a way to show you are smart, but you don't make any money in business school. Side benefit: You will be surrounded by men equally as smart as you are but a little older, which is a good hunting ground. (Note: I still think business school is stupid if you are using it to actually become qualified to do something.)

4. Start early looking for a husband seriously.
If you want to have kids, you should aim to be done by the time you are 35, when your eggs start going bad fast. This means you need to get started when you are 30, which means you need to get the guy you want to have kids with by the time you're 28. People who marry too early are very likely to get divorced. But by age 25, you are safe from those statistical trends. So why not marry early? In any case, start looking very seriously for a husband by the time you are 24. Here is a blog post that summarizes this argument and links to the research to back it up.

6. Guard your marriage obsessively.
Educated women divorce at less than a quarter of the rate of everyone else. Divorce is not socially acceptable for most women reading this blog. We have decades of great data (read Judith Wallerstein) to show that divorce permanently ruins the kids. Yes, it's true, divorce makes life better for the parents. But kids don't care. They don't notice. Kids notice if two parents are paying attention to them, and that is one of the first things to go in a divorce. If you love your kids, you stay married to their parent.

This means that the wife needs to just bite the bullet and maintain the marriage. Stay-at-home spouses keep marriages together more effectively . I know: this is not popular, and not fair, but you do not need to make a crusade out of your family by showing that you can get a divorce and not fuck up your kids. So just bite the bullet and make sure you are keeping your husband happy so your kids can grow up with two parents.

8. Do a startup with a guy.
Having your own company will give you tons of control over your life. It's nice to have a funded company because then the investors are taking the financial risk and you are drawing a nice salary even when you are not really earning any revenue. The problem is that VC funded startups require 100+ hour weeks, every week. You should only do one of these types of companies with a guy.

Smart women in their 20s are looking for husbands and cannot be 100% focused on some pie-in-the-sky startup. Women in their 30s are having kids and trying to figure out how to work less. Men are more easily focused solely on work. That's why there is a salary gap between men and women: Because women focus on work and family, and men focus only on work. Don't judge. Just get a male business partner. The problem is that men don't like doing startups with women—it's bad for them. But still, you can try.

10. Homeschool. Your kids will be screwed if you don't.

11. Spend money on household help and Botox to keep more doors open longer.
Look, it's really hard to be a parent and still have an interesting life. Not for men. We have seen enough of feminism to be certain that men are not derailed personally by kids. (In fact, Catalyst reports that having kids increases a man's earning power. Probably because he is then more likely to have a wife at home inadvertently performing the role of pseudo personal secretary. ) So the more money to spend to get people to help you with your kids, the more time and energy you'll have to help yourself.

ahaha all of that is perfectly sound advice though I'm a little confused about how you'd get the money to pay for plastic surgery before you've hooked yourself a man

fav bit: Men are more easily focused solely on work. That's why there is a salary gap between men and women: Because women focus on work and family, and men focus only on work. Don't judge. Just get a male business partner. The problem is that men don't like doing startups with women—it's bad for them

discipline posted:
I read around that blog a bit and it seems she struggles with PTSD from being a survivor of 9/11 and then had an autistic kid and got a nasty divorce. doesn't seem like much of a success story imo. maybe she should get some botox.

hahaha our local newspaper in charlottesville would always print her weekly column and it made me crack up every single time. i never realized she was a national thing! always thought she was some local yuppie!