She’s actually married. But her husband “isn’t a toxic, fragile pile of shit like most men.”
Honestly, that’s the only one of the 10 that would even give me pause. The rest is pretty much mainstream decency (couched in pseudo-academic language). Some of her critiques of capitalism are probably accurate, but I wouldn’t jump to anti-capitalism from that. She did, but she’s young. I knew a lot of 19-year-old Marxists back in the day.
Lucky him. He’s not toxic and proves it by doing 60% of the chores because she has less incentive to be married than him.
On behalf of toxic, fragile piles of shit everywhere, I want to thank her husband for taking her off the market.
Regards,
Shodan
Reading that series of tweets linked just above your post, I find it hard to imagine it being excessively long before he release her back onto the market. See, her job of writing articles is so difficult that he must do 60% of the housework, and he puts up with it because men need marriage more than women do. And he just brought a latte in bed because that is what husbands are supposed to do.
From her Twitter feed -
Now it’s vice versa. Progress!
But you gotta love someone who talks as she does about her husband, and then, apparently un-ironically posts
I have read enough of her Twitter to amend that to “almost anyone”.
Regards,
Shodan
Wow. What an attention whoring asshole. Only a matter of time before life kicks her arrogant basic ass.
Can’t read the checklist - it’s linked to some spammy thing - but from other comments here esp. the “flashbacks to grad school” post, I’d guess that she’s too insufferable for me to like her, and I don’t flaunt my “allyship” or whatevs nearly enough for her to like me.
I’m more fascinated by what human door mat thinks it’s a good idea to stick his dick in that amount of crazy.
You have to consider the possibility she’s not a reliable narrator.
I don’t know if “My wife uses me to advance her feminist agenda by lying about the amount of housework I do and her commitment to our marriage on Twitter” is much of an alternative.
I think RickJay may be suggesting there may not actually be a Mr. Doormat.
Perhaps when she asks “what do you think of BDS”, she’s leaving off an M.
Regards,
Shodan
I wouldn’t date her either (and she wouldn’t date me, since I don’t support Death to Israel and don’t disagree with immigration laws in principle), and I clearly get that her list of dealbreaker questions (and the way a number of them are phrased) is off putting to a lot of people. What I don’t get is the objections by people like Guinastasia and Fenris to the basic idea of someone having a list of dealbreakers and asking about them early on. If someone is this vehement about certain issues, isn’t it better for both people if they bring it up on or before the first date so no one is wasting time and energy on someone who’s fundamentally incompatible with them? The idea that you need to spend multiple dates and maybe get physically intimate (remember the “third date rule”) before finding out if things that you fundamentally require from a partner are there just seems weird to me. I’d certainly rather find out that someone is just plain incompatible with me right of the bad than invest a significant amount of time and emotional energy in them and start getting attached.
I would go out with her once or twice as a challenge. It would be miserable for her and entertaining for me but that is the fun. An actual relationship though, hell no, I would rather date a 300 pound guy with Tourette’s, chronic BO and adult acne. I don’t feel bad for her husband at all. He knew what he was getting into and did it anyway. Maybe he will learn to do better the next time.
@Pantastic:
But those are just her political dealbreakers, and it’s longish. I have a feeling “leaves the toilet seat up” is an unmentioned dealbreaker.
Pretty sure anybody even considering dating her would appreciate the warning. Might even call it a bullet dodged.
It’s also possible that her list of deal-breakers is a bit more hard and fast and cut and dried when she’s writing a polemic for a feminist website than they are in real life.
Another possibility is that the list of deal-breakers exists in real life, but it’s just a way to avoid intimacy. Maybe her real enemy is…herself.
We wouldn’t date. But then, I wouldn’t date either the OP (who translates the Palestinian point as “Hate the Jews”), or the first responder, (who calls out the OP for “staying in his lane” on intersectional feminism).
For me, the critical point isn’t the OTT politicalization of all aspects of her life: when I was young, many of my friends were political. It’s the ignorant naivety of her stance on settler colonialism and indigenous rights. I would disrespect that: ze/ne/ou would object to my disrespect.
One thing is that BDS isn’t as benevolent to Palestinians as some people think. Consider what happened when SodaStream moved out of the West Bank following a boycott. Who lost their jobs? (Hint: it wasn’t Israeli workers)
Perhaps because the title of the article is “10 Things Every Intersectional Feminist Should Ask On a First Date”.
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