Don't blame it on the moonlight
Don't blame it on the good times
Blame it on drucilla.
She's got this quote from the Ladies Against Women ladyfesto at the top of her page, which sent me off looking for a copy of Valerie Solanas' S.C.U.M. manifesto. You know the one:
Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex.It is now technically feasible to reproduce without the aid of males (or, for that matter, females) and to produce only females. We must begin immediately to do so. Retaining the mail has not even the dubious purpose of reproduction. The male is a biological accident: the Y (male) gene is an incomplete X (female) gene, that is, it has an incomplete set of chromosomes. In other words, the male is an incomplete female, a walking abortion, aborted at the gene stage. To be male is to be deficient, emotionally limited; maleness is a deficiency disease and males are emotional cripples.
The male is completely egocentric, trapped inside himself, incapable of empathizing or identifying with others, or love, friendship, affection of tenderness. He is a completely isolated unit, incapable of rapport with anyone. His responses are entirely visceral, not cerebral; his intelligence is a mere tool in the services of his drives and needs; he is incapable of mental passion, mental interaction; he can't relate to anything other than his own physical sensations. He is a half-dead, unresponsive lump, incapable of giving or receiving pleasure or happiness; consequently, he is at best an utter bore, an inoffensive blob, since only those capable of absorption in others can be charming. He is trapped in a twilight zone halfway between humans and apes, and is far worse off than the apes because, unlike the apes, he is capable of a large array of negative feelings -- hate, jealousy, contempt, disgust, guilt, shame, doubt -- and moreover, he is aware of what he is and what he isn't.
That impish scamp.
Anyway, somehow I ended up at Stank Magazine instead.
From their Mission Statement:
From birth girls are encouraged (even required) to be sweet, to hold their tongues and trouble no waters as WHAT a girl says, HOW she says it, and HOW she presents herself has total bearing on her value as a woman. The stereotypes are all too familiar. The sexually liberated feline a.k.a. ho is only suitable for male libidinous pleasures. The demure, soft-spoken, submissive woman a.k.a. doormat is the ultimate prize-marriageable and controllable. While the aggressive, confident, outspoken, attitudinal woman a.k.a. bitch is the bane of man's (and woman's) existence.Black women have forever endured the attitudinal stereotype. Whether we're rolling our eyes, sucking our teeth, flying off at the handle over SOME shit or simply taking NO shit, Black women have been criticized and mocked for having TOO much mouth, TOO much opinion, and WAY TOO much attitude.
Such is the reason for STANK!
[. . .] Fuck you if you don't like it or if you don't get it. Your approval is not needed.
I might have to rip off that last bit.
If you find them worrying, that's why I included the Solanas quote. It's the MLK/Malcolm X thing again. Comparatively, the good people at Stank seem quite reasonable and tolerant. . .
Rock.
iiiiiiiiiinteresting. the Society for Cutting Up Men.
insanity is fascinating.
wait. that cutting up men and creating only girl babies in test tubes thing -- is, um, satire, right? heh. good one.
Probably deserves a mention for those unfamiliar with Solanas that she shot Andy Warhol and was the subject of a film called... Aw, fuck it, obscurity is job 1 right?
Did I mention that the mailorder company I used to run sold SCUM Manifesto? Mwoo Ha Ha or something.
dru - Indeed you do.
kd - Yes. Satire. Of course.
goneaway - You just keep getting cooler. . .
*whew*
you just never know.
You know I really dislike Lily Taylor back when she played Solanas in (ending the obscurity, sorry) I Shot Andy Warhol, but I'm really enjoying her on Six Feet Under. Not that it really has anything to do with the topic at hand. I just thought, you know, that I would mention it.
kd, I always think about S.C.U.M. when some dumb guy (pardon the redundancy) describes a woman who expresses a slightly feminist notion, or just won't go out with him, as a man-hating, castrating dyke.
Oddly, I've never met any of those. Conservatives encounter them everywhere. Go figure.
Michelle, remember, when we're talking about pop culture, we're not fighting.
Unless any of you fail to realize that Sean Connery was the best James Bond.
Then we got problems.
Agreed about Sean Connery. But I can't think of lots of instances when pop culture discussions can and should lead to fighting. Like when people try to talk bad about Elvis. I'll throw down the beat down on somebody for that.
OK, I'm convinced that Aaron is a woman. There is NO MAN who understands feminism this well.
I'm in awe. In AWE.
No no no, I am oh-so-politically-correct sensitive new-age male.
Who says "cunt" a lot.
I know it means that I'm not 'queer core' or 'radical enough' or 'militant' or whatever...but I really don't like the word cunt.
Don't care for it myself.
That's why I reserve it for those who really, truly go out of their way to deserve it.
Aaron:
Please elaborate on the use and history of the word cunt. Why is it so detestable? It's worse than fuck, pussy, moist, twat, etc. To spill out the word fuck at a dinner party is humorous, but never have I seen people more offended than when the word cunt is spat from the lips. (there is no personal experience here, really)
Just trying to up the google hit count for "fuck cunt pussy" on your site. Someday we'll replace the current number one search phrase: "Larry Colson is a Bitch"
-- From wicked persephone smiles and laughs: cunt
Larry Colson remains a bitch, no matter what the Google stats say.
wasn't there a "curb your enthusiasm" episode where Larry actually said 'cunt' at a dinner party and got ostracized?
I know its very L.A. of me but I adore that show.
Another one of Wicked Persephone's endeavors:
http://cuntzilla.org/
An e-zine subtitled "Feminism for everyone."
As far as the word "cunt" itself goes? I used to hate it, and reserved it only for women I especially despised. I still really don't dig on it that much, just because, yes, of course it bleeds, but I don't need to refer to my genitalia with anything that close to "cut."
I don't like "gash" or "wound," either, and I've heard those used recently. I'm not horribly offended by them, they just seem like such Gross Little Boy terms, and so I'd rather not use them.
Cuntzilla, on the other hand, is funny as hell. The mental image alone (Oh no, Tokyo!) is completely worth it.