Tag: misogyny
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Why haven’t you smiled these last ten years?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile. Why haven’t you smiled these last ten years? Well if I may be permitted to speak,
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her red drips are forgotten
Her first red drops fall cracks inbetween,fear once dripping now are rivulets: forgotten by and by.(Her life is coagulated frozen red : no one tells her why).For those who would free her are forbidden – (she is a woman unseen).Her hope for respite, despite the growing pain,That stops up her breath: falters— no one is…
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Blue grey bruises
Dark fabric covers her parchment skin,ink under blots marked as darker blue,once black, once purple, and now yellow,mottled with the occasional glimpse of grey.Inwardly she is all thunder cloud, holding her hail fire,whilst waiting to sprinkle mists of healing rain.But these ongoing blue grey bruises delineate ceded territories still unspoken of yet.She waits her time…
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unflicking the fuse
and so you pick your careful way throughwhat appears to be landmines or whatlooks like the outlines of ones or theirshadows on the ground around you.meanwhile you wave your super sensitivemine detector slowly in front of, behindand over you : the only magic wand you havewhile your fear its powers fading.but the landmine makers have…
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when did the patriarchy start working for you?
So when did the patriarchy start working for you? Was it about that time when you chose to fake being tough?
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A list of things men should hate (about being a man)
Liking male hero ultra violent movies. Admiring alpha male role models. Labelling yourself as rational when you lose your temper.Changing the channel. Leaving that last sheet of toilet paper. Missing your shot when the lid is down. Trigger fingers.Speaking over women. Hashtagging quiet men as effeminate pussies. Cat calling. Trolling non-binary men. Deliberately failing at…
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He says He says
He says “I’m tired of saying sorry…” i say “especially when…” He says ”It’s not all men.” i say, “women fear men…” He says, “Men protect women.” i say, “…from other men.” He says, “They should be thankful.” i say, “…yet still they live fearful.”
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Why Doesn’t He Just Leave? Men and Domestic Violence
At the moment, according to Destroy the Joint there is at least one woman a week being murdered by her partner. Domestic Violence is now more of a mainstream issue than ever. And there is plenty of advice in the air. Rosie Batty is campaigning against domestic violence as Australian of the Year. The…