Jul 13
20210
Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Colonialism critical race theory Cultural Studies Feminism Great Reset Marxism marxist cultural analysis Media Studies neo-liberal economics Social Media Theory and Philosophy “economic media” “informatic labor
"Deterritorialized factories (that is media companies) convert the horizontal expression of values into the hierarchical accumulation of value such that, as has been said, it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism."
"Colonialism and its legacies have also influenced how feminists in the Global South and their counterparts in the Global North view and treat each other."
Dec 04
20171
Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Social Engineering
Feminism Indigenous Genocide Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV) SlutWalk
"Both Maggie’s and SWUAV have shown themselves to be working in the interests of capitalism, white supremacy, and patriarchy in their efforts to normalize and expand the sex trade. They have also demonstrated opposition to feminists and women’s rights."
Aug 26
201744
Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism
Ethics Feminism misogyny Patriarchy Porn Culture Rape Culture
"It has come to our attention that a respected leader of our small online enclave has betrayed the trust many people have instilled in him over the past years. We are stunned at these revelations like everyone else. It was with much internal debate and emotional pain that we decided as a group that we had to release the information to the community. "
Jan 26
20171
Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Feminism Hillary Clinton Social Engineering Women's March On Washington
A brilliant lecture by John Pilger gives much needed reflection on the recent "Women's March on Washington."
"Feminists, far from being content with not being beaten, have sharpened their detection of everyday patriarchal practices and started talking about rebellion against capitalism, trans rights, and proclaiming what we have always known.. that the Pachamama is a feminist."
Jan 09
20160
Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Ayn Rand commodity capitalism cultural displacement Feminism Gentrification neoliberalism privatization queer theory
"... some artists are now using elements of feminist and queer theory, using masks as a way of resisting this gaze and as a tool in the fight against surveillance and technology’s built in method of identifying and tracking consumers, a feature (often surreptitious) of how business has succeeded transferring control of the economy from the public to the private sector."
Aug 18
20150
Amnesty International, Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, The Soros Network | OSI, United Nations
Amnesty International Capitalism Exploitation Feminism George Soros Open Society Institute Human Rights Watch United Nations
"In sheer numbers, it is the poor brown women of the world who pay with bruises, humiliation and deaths for this ignorant and hideous decision that has brought Amnesty International so low." -- Lee Lakeman, Canadian feminist
"Unfortunately, many white feminists do not want to take this time in their quest for instant spirituality. Profit-making often gets in the way of true sisterhood. However, white feminists should know that as long as they take part in Indian spiritual abuse, either by being consumers of it or by refusing to take a stand on it, Indian women will consider white "feminists" to be nothing more than agents in the genocide of their people."
"Twenty-five years later, as I re-evaluate my stories and with the benefit of analysis of the coverage that massacre spawned, I see how journalists— male and female producers, news directors, reporters, anchors — subtly changed the meaning of the tragedy to one that the public would get behind, silencing so-called “angry feminists.” We were “social gatekeeping,” as filmmaker Maureen Bradley later asserted in her 1995 film, Reframing the Montreal Massacre: A media interrogation."