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HWMNBN on Glass Castle, a new feminist webzine: "To maintain a safe space for people of goodwill, and to maintain the quality of discussion, comments will be moderated. Offensive commenting (including but not limited to sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, fat-bashing and ageist comments) will draw warnings and possibly banning or deletion. The editorial team will decide what amounts to offensive commenting.
The use of profanity is not in and of itself an issue - conversations on controversial topics often get heated - but if it becomes bullying we will intervene. Some people may question the decision not to include sexist views so as to give "both sides of the story", but the reason for this exclusion is simple: the status of women as people, as human beings of value and worth and dignity whose feelings and thoughts should be taken seriously, is questioned in enough places. Nothing is gained by adding one more forum for it here."
i get the feeling this is aimed at you:)
"We believe that both women and men have much to contribute to this process, as well as much to learn from the exchanges and perspectives that Glass Castle aims to host. Ultimately, we hope that both women and men will find in Glass Castle a supportive social network and resources that empower them to make themselves heard and create change."
translation: "YO UARE WITH US OR AGAINST US"
HWMNBN: dfepending on the job you apply for of course - qualifications are kinda meaningless
we were interviewing prcs recently
i can tell you by the 20th resume we were totally discarding the academic portion
by the 9th interview, we'd concluded that communication skills was the make/break factor
HWMNBN: my life is truly weird when in seen in the microcosm of my relationships
i just said to a friend without thinking: "I'm glad we've remained friends even though I once participated in an arcane ritual to destroy your soul."
friend: "well we were all different people back then."
Me: ...
how come you get all the fun
did he know about the ritual then
HWMNBN: not until a couple of years later
[there was this other] guy and i used to be pretty tight friends back in the day he ran a rpg/comic store called *** in ***
anyway two other ppl (who happened to be friends of mine as well) - crazy ppl
had a real issue with *** for a variety of problems soap opera stuff
anyway they posted a geocities (yes this is truly ancient) site slagging him off quite badly that site got a lot of circulation in my circles and *** was really pissed
so him and i worked on this arcane ritual to destroy the soul of one of these two ppl (the guy) (the other person was a girl and hence we concluded was already spiritually damned)
anyway we never actually did conduct the ritual for a variety of reasons
a year or so later i told the target of this ritual and he took it very well he actually asked us if we'd pulled it off
he said he's felt spiritually empty for a whlie now and probably it's our fault hahah
anyway yeah me and the target have remained close friends ever since
*** and i fell out because he thought i was both sleeping with his gf at the time and trying to have cybersex with this bisexual chick he was cyberadulterating with on the side
he was wrong on both counts, but it poisoned the friendship
i've tried to mend fences a couple of times but he's a stubborn bastard
he slagged me pretty badly on his site as well, but fortunately the only people who go that site who would know me know me well enough for me to put my side of the story across
anyway this is ancient stuff
some of the notes pertaining to it were lost in the *rend garment* hard drive crash last year so i can't recall all of the gory details
Me: what sort of ritual did you do did he call you [nw.t] on the
site haha
HWMNBN: astral travel from macgregor mathers and crowley, some theoretical stuff from cordovero, and a rojak exorcism from various sources
it was a bit of a rojak ritual
but basically the idea was to "knock" the target's soul loose from his body - sort of like an astral projection
via remote control
it wouldn't kill him because the soul would still be attached to the body via the silver cord
but while detached we'd do a remote exorcism and shred the spirit to pieces
he called me mindgame, which he felt had more power as it was my True Name
*shrugs* names have power. we were quite into the concept of correspondent magick. and not just because of planescape: torment
Me: oh for some reason the MSN color woman reminds me of you haha
Someone: msn colour woman?
ahhah what colour woman?
Me:
Someone: roars.
why?
my boobs aren't tt big ahhaha
Me: hahahaha
why you zero in on that
Someone: because that's the first big difference ma?
Someone else on feminist claims of 'sexism' in the media: i know some shows which feature 2 women [not] talking about men
pretty common in pornos i think hahaha
i've never seen pornos where women talk about hte men
they're talking about his cock or how good it feels or something
how about lez pornos
no men also
Fell Bat: I am convinced, based on over forty years of experience, that almost all public toilets are designed by men. These men either hate women or have never paid much attention to women’s bathroom needs...
*rolls eyes majorly* THEN FUCKING DESIGN A BETTER TOILET, BITCH, YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING FREE MARKET ECONOMY
Me: if you're not a feminist, you're a misogynist
anyway you know what they'll say
sexist men wont hire female toilet designers
Fell Bat: morons.
exclusion from workplace my arse, man, seriousky,
no one will *not* hire a designer if he or she is good
females are just not so good at designing generally
it's really a bloody free market, they can enter it any time they want, if they make no headway usually it's cos they're just not goddamn good enough
i used to think males had "superior technology"
i.e. we release faster
they need longer
until i met [Frigid Girl]
whenever we go on toilet breaks
she actually comes out at abt the same time as me
so that's no longer a valid thing
we take the same time to release
Me: aiyah
girls' variance is high
that tells you that there's a lot of discretion in what girls do in the toilet
so they take a long time not because they have to
but because they want to
Me: econs is pseudo arts
Someone: heh is it like eating gluten instead of eating real meat?
Me: hahahahahahaha that's a good one
actually no
because it's not meant to approximate real arts
Nice and Sweet Girl: ur hair really very nice
soft skmooth and silky
i'm looking at the pic now
bleagh
Me: it shows in the pics ah
hahahaha
[My Toy] doesn't know why people like it so much
Nice and Sweet Girl: hahaha
but its reall y nice
even my younger sis says so
looks good in photos
and when u ae running after the bus
bleagh
Me: hahahahahaha
billow billow
see this is why I don't perm
Nice and Sweet Girl: ....
perm also ok what
Me: lala
HWMNBN: i think you and *** (primarily you) are turning a molehill into the himalayas
i ntoice you always want to have the last word
(IE LIKE A WOMAN)
you really do always feela need to slide the last word in
i don't think we've ever had a argment that ended with you going: "i respect that we have differences, let's leave it at that"
and of course finishing up with a catty bitchy.. WOMANLY .. remark