November 18, 2016
Idiot-Splaining
It's the height of intellectual laziness to accuse any man who has anything to say about women or gender relations of 'mansplaining'.
It's not clever. It betrays a complete inability to actually tackle or reply to whatever arguments are being made. It is, if you haven't noticed, a form of ad hominem attack, the cheapest rhetorical device on the planet, where rather than attack an argument, you attack the person making it, and in this case, since it is based solely on their gender, it is also absolutely sexist.
If men did the same thing and accused all women who discuss anything related to men of 'womansplaining', then it would, essentially, make it impossible for both genders to ever discuss one another with each other, and the discussion of gender issues would essentially become taboo.
Aug 23, 2023
Ye Children of Akhenaten
Congratulivings, ye Childer of Akenhatunwake! Methinks, somewinklings among yee fancy as Muslimans, Chrishtians, Judeites, or whosoevers, but beknowst to me deep drown heart, ye've the mark of…
Jun 18, 2021
On The Folly of Souls
If you believe you have a soul, you’re probably not going to like this, but hey, I’m not here to make you happy. It’s hard to think of a single fiction, other than that of monotheism, that has been…
Jun 15, 2021
Don't Art for free
I really want to address the phenomenon of people asking artists to work for free on commercial projects. You have to understand that not all artists can afford to work for free, and whereas it may…