Let's stick to the issues.
November 12, 2014 6:45 PM Subscribe
"Bae." "Disrupt." "Feminist." Which one should be banned in 2015? You have nothing against feminism itself, but when did it become a thing that every celebrity had to state their position on whether this word applies to them, like some politician declaring a party? Let's stick to the issues and quit throwing this label around like ticker tape at a Susan B. Anthony parade.
Jezebel claims 4chan is jumping at the chance.
Alyssa Rosenberg of the Washington Post responds.
Jenny Kutner at Salon responds, and collects some Twitter reactions.
Jill Filipovic responds at Cosmopolitan and points out that "American women still make just 78 cents to a man's dollar, only 1 in 5 U.S. senators is female, 1 in 4 women experiences intimate partner violence in her life, and women still see their most basic rights to make their own decisions about their own bodies used as political wedge issues and litigated in court."
Jezebel claims 4chan is jumping at the chance.
Alyssa Rosenberg of the Washington Post responds.
Jenny Kutner at Salon responds, and collects some Twitter reactions.
Jill Filipovic responds at Cosmopolitan and points out that "American women still make just 78 cents to a man's dollar, only 1 in 5 U.S. senators is female, 1 in 4 women experiences intimate partner violence in her life, and women still see their most basic rights to make their own decisions about their own bodies used as political wedge issues and litigated in court."
This post was deleted for the following reason: This feels kinda like Magazine Knowingly Runs Poorly-Conceived Clickbait Poll, Gets Reactions From People; I'm not sure there's any great reason for it to be a post on the front page. -- cortex
Wow, Time has really gone down the shitter.
posted by rollbiz at 6:50 PM on November 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by rollbiz at 6:50 PM on November 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
Dear Time Magazine: I take my vocabulary cues from the OED. Fuck off. Thanks.
posted by MissySedai at 6:50 PM on November 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by MissySedai at 6:50 PM on November 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
God seriously, fuck this magazine.
posted by oceanjesse at 6:51 PM on November 12, 2014
posted by oceanjesse at 6:51 PM on November 12, 2014
Time has really gone down the shitter.
Or feminism has.
posted by clarknova at 6:53 PM on November 12, 2014
Or feminism has.
posted by clarknova at 6:53 PM on November 12, 2014
but when did it become a thing that every celebrity had to state their position on whether this word applies to them
Off and on since I was a kid in the 70s? And seriously, Time, you were one of the publications asking the goddamn question of the celebs, so shut the fuck up.
posted by rtha at 6:53 PM on November 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
Off and on since I was a kid in the 70s? And seriously, Time, you were one of the publications asking the goddamn question of the celebs, so shut the fuck up.
posted by rtha at 6:53 PM on November 12, 2014 [1 favorite]
Time is cordially invited to kiss my feminist ass and fuck entirely off. Thanks for the punch down, assholes.
posted by Space Kitty at 6:57 PM on November 12, 2014
posted by Space Kitty at 6:57 PM on November 12, 2014
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