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[Disclaimer: This is not, of course, a suggestion that we should try to avoid having a female President. Rather, it is an attempt to see the future.] The election of Barack Obama to the office of President was a huge win for Black Americans. However, it had an unforeseen side effect. The insult to racist […]
If I ever put out a successful piece of fiction that includes a strong female character or highlights the oppression of women, I sure hope that the world doesn’t place me on a pedestal and then tear me down when they discover I haven’t lived a perfect life.
“Men only want one thing.” Corollary: Men must constantly make it known to any woman with whom they interact, through obvious and overt means, that sex is among the things they want, to prevent women from classifying them as “just a friend.”
Ever since the Toronto van attack brought the Incel movement into public awareness, people around me have periodically made statements expressing bafflement at their violence, rationale, and rhetoric. Indeed, their violence, rationale, and rhetoric — or at least the sensational bits pounced upon by the media — are illogical. However, it has occurred to me that […]
As a single guy in the real world, I am surrounded by couples, married and unmarried. Among my friends, I can’t name anyone who doesn’t have a significant other. It’s obviously a factor in why I’m alone. In fiction, it’s never like that. I have long been aware of this problem, the laughable improbability of […]
The last few days have been uncomfortable for me after social media has reacted to the motivation of the perpetrator of the Toronto van attack, who is an incel. The topic is uncomfortable for me because, though I hadn’t previously heard of the incel subculture, I see right away that I identify with some of […]
Step 1. Learn how to stop wasting so much time on guys who aren’t great. Step 2. Use your newly freed up time to meet more people. Step 3. When you do finally find a great guy, sabotage his relationship.
I was working with a film crew today, and after the day’s shooting, we were hanging out to eat. The conversation turned to gender discrimination in Hollywood and the barriers against female leads, and the reaction to recent examples of strong female leads. I put forward my continued struggle to identify what constitutes, or should […]
Every now and then, people talk about pick-up artists and deplore the deceitfulness they perceive. These are generally people who have heard about the pick-up community and maybe read a little about it. They don’t really understand it, they don’t really believe it works, and they certainly feel they wouldn’t want the techniques to be […]
WARNING: Women are likely to find the following opinion offensive or at least demeaning. Your agreement is neither expected nor required. I make these observations not out of some misogynistic bitterness, but in an effort to better understand the world in which I live. Women are irrational people. I am only attracted to women. Ergo, […]
