Intersectionality is a bunch of hogs fighting over the slop in the troph.

Academic feminism is so full of buzzwords and doublespeak. Today's word is Intersectionality.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/23/in-defence-of-intersectionality

Crenshaw coined the term as an explanation of why black and immigrant women's experiences ended up being ignored by both feminism and the anti-racist movement.

Huh. I've got an explanation. Feminism is dominated by middle class white women, and the issues of minorities are only a concern as in their usefulness to feminism to get more victim power.

If feminism doesn't actively recognise that there are a lot of women whose most pressing concerns aren't boardroom representation and lingerie football, the movement is going to carry on alienating itself from those most in need of assistance.

From the piggie's mouth. Feminism doesn't care about equality or justice, unless you're a white woman.

So why is it taking so long for mainstream feminists to follow? Why are discussions of race, class, and disability within feminism so often characterised as infighting, or sideshows to the main event? Could it be that, for some strange reason, marginalised women's experiences with intersectionality and its usefulness are systematically ignored and discredited?

Interesting choice of words. Feminism is about leveraging the value of victimhood in order to gain power and resources for itself. Feminists recognize the higher victim value of being a minority woman, and want that victimhood for themselves. Intersectionality is their Orwellian attempt to co-opt the issues of minorites into feminism, and make it available for all women.

And just because the Animal Farm reference is glaring at this point.

VAWA? No thanks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_Against_Women_Act

The very name is sexist. Violence Against Women Act. Half of domestic violence is reciprocal (both sides are abusive) and of the other half, woman make up the majority of abusers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_violence_against_men

http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/lesbianrx/factsheet.shtml

Portraying violence as an act perpetrated by men, and with women as the victims, ignores the need for violent women to get treatment, and for their victims, male and female to get the help they need.

We don't need VAWA. We need policies about domestic violence that also aknowledge female perpetrators, and male victims. We need to provide a range of services that address same-sex domestic violence, and provide services to ALL victims that address their needs. This has been known for decades, just ask Erin Pizzey. But society and government still trundles on missing half it's wheels in addressing only one side of the problem.

MRA's never really do anything.

This comment pop up pretty frequently. After people grudgingly admit that men can have problems, they then point to the MRM and accuse them of only complaining.

Erin Pizzey spent her life setting up shelters for victims of domestic abuse. She was in the process of trying to get funding for men as well as women, when domestic violence was hijacked by feminists. This woman has been working for men's issues since before a lot of people were even born, and she continues to fight, having become a part of AVFM's team. She works to raise awareness for male victims of domestic violence, and to remove the stain created by feminist dogma against men in domestic violence issues.

Warren Farrell was an active feminist who saw that the movement was working from flawed data, and in 2009, attempted to create a White House Council on boys and men. To address their issues in education and the courts. Warren Farrell has tried for many years to address the social inequalties that men and boys face, to some pretty stiff feminist opposition.

Paul Elam was an addiction councilor whose experiences with feminist ideals influencing the mental health profession drove him to become a prominent MRA, and the founder of A Voice for Men.

AVFM has a Judicial Accountability Committee that attempts to provide assistance for men who are having issues in the courts. AVFM has recently extended an offer to help the son of Amy MacPherson, who was falsely accused of rape, and continues to be harrassed by the legal system.

This is just a short list, off the cuff. The advocacy for men and boys is a big issue, that continues to be denigrated and/or denied by the main stream media, and internet pundits. "There's no problems, and even if there are, feminism has them covered. You priviliged men can just shut up now."