Atheism is the word people use for those who don't believe. I don't study atheism like other atheists do - turning it into a discipline or... religion. I don't see the benefit of any religion, even atheism. But I won't let anyone elevate my non-belief in god to a religion. I don't want to know as little about atheism as Christians do about Christianity and call myself 'atheist' in the way that makes it sound more than an adjective. I am much more interested in Race, Politics, and Feminism. And many other things. I think the focus on religion makes it into something, something it can never be.
Flashback Friday, a column on feminist notions ... To be fair - it's difficult to think of a non-self-defining feminist woman as anything but a tool of the patriarchy. I have to concentrate on the fact that even though a woman would not call herself a feminist, she would never endorse footbinding (to name a radical example) and it doesn't necessarily mean she is a doormat either. In fact, some of my favorite women scorn my feminism and hate it when they are judged solely on their marital status or gender. Ironically if you look at films made during the so-called liberal 60s and 70s you will see that movies align the woman's role less to what is happening politically in the big wide world and more to what is happening in pornography. The rise of the snuff movie mirrored the rise of violence towards women in the movies, serial killer paradise. Pornography always centers on the woman - probably in an attempt to hide the size of the penis. From my perspective, I am less un...
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