Courtney Martin: Reinventing feminism

http://www.ted.com Blogger Courtney Martin examines the perennially loaded word "feminism." In a personal and heartfelt talk, she describes the three paradoxes that define her generation's quest to define the term for themselves.

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[redpillmofo]

The False Rape Society

Feminism - The state-sponsored religiously radical notion that boys are for fucking and men are not people.

Men are in fact raped by feminist wimmin by proxy. See, falserapesociety.

These wretched dark souls shall be consumed by their own blind, toxic hatred, and their bodies eaten by their cats.

[StarWatch]

@Alittleoperalover LOL!

This Video is a thinly veiled attempt to save a movement of BS, Marxism from the 1960's. Feminist IS in fact one of the MOST man hatting sites on the web.

The hell with the "White Bitch" and "Jewish White Bitch" and her agenda.

These people should have been wiped out in the early 1900's when they started their shit.

[Animaliaxx]

Amazing. I adored this talk.

[m0shene]

You can almost hear her self centered soul cry "I did this , I did that , I protested , I volunteered ,bla bla bla" . The same "look at me i'm special" litany all over again. In the words of Bernard Chapin: STANDARD!

[johnannie100]

there things feminst are i accurate&dead rong.men having advantiges in the work place in many jobs imployer faver women from dinners to secraterys&child care.history of women opresion in the renaissance men allso were slaves&were worked much harder then women.seriving in the miltery being told you ca,nt go get shot at will having to shot&kill your self&not having a days rest will in mugie masceto riten jungle is will you see&almost get violentcy killed&get scared for life is much

[johnannie100]

wors then being told you have to

[bunnyblue2]

Not sure that the content she spoke of was completely relevant to "Reinventing Feminism" but I still think it was valuable to hear. Isn't that the least amount of respect we owe her, and one another? To listen? And understand, if not try to understand?

Too many people dismiss feminism because of the many misconceptions that are associated with it...

[PanTheManBangerang]

Reinventing feminism? Isn't that like reinventing the wheel? O your giving the wheel more hands to point with this time...

[StarWatch]

More Bull $hit from the same group of Idiots, and Manginas.

Feminism was crap, is crap, and will always be crap.