Feminism Gone Crazy: Example 01

I came across this story today. It was front page news originally but now has slipped into oblivion. I guess people do not think it is important. Or maybe not worthy of mention. I disagree. The article illustrates a very sick and deluded mindset that has become normal and acceptable thanks to Feminism and the Women's Liberation Movement. I don't expect Feminists to see anything wrong here because we all know only one sex can be evil and arrogant. If any Feminists and supporters of the Women's Liberation Movement want to come in here and flame me, then so be it. I am and never will be afraid to call Radical Feminism one of the worst and most harmful products of Western civilisation.

Please read the article for yourself, it is not long:
Only bras support women writers

What we have here is Kathy Lett, an Australian female writer, whining that no females were included in Publishers Weekly's annual list of top 10 books.


Yes, dinosaurs roam the earth because the best books that were chosen happen to have been written by males. Is the list not meant to represent the best works of fiction as judged by a panel? Does she want to include works that are not as high in quality as those chosen because she wants to see females mentioned in the list? I thought the list is meant to be chosen on the merits and talents of the writer, regardless of their gender.


Feminist connection made. Yes, if you fail to see the large proportion of tax dollars used to fund women's only procedures and women's support services. What about support in the field of custody hearings? Does she sprout this garbage so women can just have equal rights and opportunities? Please...


This comment is made by a different person. Yet, the sick mind set is still prevalent if not worse than that of the other female writer. Not only are her comments shrouded in false victim hood, they are inconsistent with facts and reason.

J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter) & Stephenie Meyer (Twilight) are among the most popular and successful authors of the past decade. They are both female fiction writers that have shown that hard work and determination (not having a pair of gonads) will bring their work the attention and critical acclaim it so rightly deserves.

Am I looking too much into this? Maybe I am. But it is becoming more common now to turn a blind eye away from reason and reality in this politically correct society of ours. We no longer are allowed to call the best the best, the worst the worst, the funny the funny, the sad the sad. We need to include all sexes, genders, religions, races, ethnicities, skin colours when making any official announcements. We must be sensitive to the needs and feelings of everyone before saying anything or awarding anything.

The sad fact of the matter in this case is that if every single person on that list were females, Feminists would have no objections. If not one male writer was included they would simply turn a blind eye. This is NOT about equality and rights, it is about superiority and the demonisation of men!

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Yeah, its ridiculous. They just can't accept the fact that a woman writer couldn't crack the top ten, .... and have to call sexism.... and their so deluded they probably believe their own BS.

They only want to be equals when it serves them. .. And when it doesn't, and their judged by the same standards, ... they cry " why won't you support women"

Dumb Broads.

100% agree with this assessment. Well said.

As for the article; pffft... she reads like a whiner at best and just that simple take on it, turns me off of her message.

What category does a Women's Rights book fall into?



A Joke Book.



I could understand back in the day when women weren't able to vote or most couldn't go to university cause they were expected to pop out babies but those things are in the past. We are about equal give or take a couple issues on each side and these witches are still pushing for more

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That article is just silly. I think Ms Lette is just upset that she isn't mentioned in that magazine's "Top Picks" for any category. She should be thankful she won the Man Booker Prize and got an honorary degree.

Heck, it says she dropped out of school at 15, she should be thankful she was even able to publish a book at all!

As a female writer with no degree myself, I think she should be choosing her battles a little better. I mean, she must know it's not her gender but her lack of "official credibility" that motivates those supposed "experts/critics" to overlook her work.

Maybe she doesn't know how this hierarchal system works. Maybe she really does think it's related to her being female...

Anyway, I'm glad this kind of feminist propaganda has no effect on me, other than making me laugh.

Good find.

70% of all fiction is bought and read by women. (stat from when I worked in the industry)

Novels were read almost exclusively by women when the first became mass-consumption popular in the 19th Century. Virtually all fiction authors were women back then.

Harlequin Romances are still huge worldwide. When I consulted on a project for them years ago, the big joke was "If the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list was based on what the best selling books really are, every week 7 out of 10 of them would be Harlequin Romances."

M

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S & F.

Kathy and Lionel (Lionel? A woman's name??? Or maybe she changed her name to Lionel hoping to win prizes???) should be ashamed of themselves. This is just plain whinging and sour grapes.

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Also I have read a few of their books and was not impressed.

Sorry one-liner.

This is nothing to do with sexism, she's just jealous.


She should spend less time complaining and more time making sandwiches.

Joking.

And look at the response of a spokewoman for the company the published the results:



So it is disturbing that those judged most worthy of the top ten were male writers? At least she confirms that gender and genre were not a factor in the final results. I can ASSURE you, the next time they conduct a list like this gender will VERY MUCH be a factor in deciding the results. The Feminist lobby will make certain of that.



I doubt that statistic is as high as she suggests, but even so, I do not see how such a move would help female writers. Seems as though she is one of the few who find the gender of the writer to be problematic.

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