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The umpires are human
We do not play in the big league
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Amanda Marcotte on guns, violence against women, & #MelGibson: "Recently, Vice President JD Vance complained, "our culture sends a message to young men that you should suppress every masculine urge." He pretended that it's about telling men they can't "tell a joke," when the real problem is men punching women in the face and sexually assaulting them in department store dressing rooms."
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/13/the-dangerous-reason-why-wants-mel-gibson-to-get-his-rights-back/
Salon.com · "This is a safety issue": The toxic reason why Trump is pushing to get Mel Gibson his guns backRon DeSantis wants to repeal "red flag" laws that help prevent suicides and mass shootings
@Geri the BBC East of England crime reporter (who also covered the Ipswich serial murders and various others in the region) said he was shocked by the case, but having lived in this region nearly 20 years, unfortunately I almost expect stuff like this to happen amongst supposedly "quiet" middle class white communities (as the old bill are spending a lot of their time watching black/brown/poor people and don't see how #ToxicMasculinity is in the rich areas too (or are part of it themselves)
Hmmmm... Why am I having #DejaVu?
From 2022: "Vladimir #Putin has mentioned 'gender freedoms' more than once to justify #Russia’s war against #Ukraine and simultaneously crack down on its own citizens.
"Most directly, he alleged that Russian citizens who seek '#GenderFreedoms' (alongside foie gras and oysters) are part of the anti-Russian 'fifth column.'
"Gender and sexuality freedoms — or rights, as they are more typically called — are about #BodilyAutonomy, #diversity and #inclusivity. #Feminist and #LGBTQ+ activists assert that every human being deserves respect, recognition and equal rights regardless of their gender or sexuality.
"What’s the connection between Putin’s animosity toward Ukraine and toward #gender and #sexuality rights in Russia and around the world?
Gender and Putin’s regime
"Putin’s regime has increasingly relied on very conventional gender and sexual norms.
"When he first ascended to the presidency, image-makers used Putin’s #KGB background and penchant for physical fitness to frame him as a #macho #strongman who could reverse Russia’s waning power and 'remasculinize' the country after a decade of supposed geopolitical flaccidity in the wake of the #Soviet collapse.
"In other words, an inflexible and clearly #patriarchal notion of masculinity has been central to the Putin regime’s legitimacy.
"Russia’s foreign policy has relied on rigid gender norms as well. When Ukraine underwent its first pro-democracy revolution in 2004, Russian media questioned its leaders’ masculinity.
"Putin likewise used homophobic terms to dismiss #Georgia’s #RoseRevolution in 2003, responding to a reporter’s question by saying: 'A rose revolution — next they’ll come up with a light blue one.' In Russian, 'light blue' or goluboi is slang for “gay male.”
Gender and appealing to constituencies
"Putin has often been represented as the unquestioned leader of the pack ruling Russia — a masculinity-driven image.
"However, even as the leader of a personalist #dictatorship — a regime in which there are few institutional limits on the leader’s power — Putin must balance competing interests among significant elites and maintain at least the appearance of public support in order to be considered a legitimate ruler.
"Until 2020, Putin was using gendered language in his speeches to signal his alignment with a variety of elites and public constituencies that supported him. He was sending mixed signals to both relatively progressive Russians who value women’s roles in the workplace and to #conservatives wishing for a return to '#TraditionalFamilyValues,' in order to keep everyone in his camp.
"But after July 2021, when he published an essay contending Ukrainians and Russians are a single people, Putin no longer shied away from making sexist and LGBTQ+-phobic comments in prominent settings.
"At an October 2021 meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club — a Moscow-based think tank and discussion forum that Putin is closely associated with — he said teaching children about #GenderFluidity was 'truly monstrous' and 'verging on a crime against humanity.'"
Read more:
https://theconversation.com/vladimir-putin-the-czar-of-macho-politics-is-threatened-by-gender-and-sexuality-rights-180473
#USPol #TrumpIsPutinsPuppet #GBLTQRights #HumanRights #WomensRights #ToxicMasculinity #GenderFascists
The ConversationVladimir Putin, the czar of macho politics, is threatened by gender and sexuality rightsPutin has been consumed with presenting a hyper-macho image throughout his presidency. And in recent years, he’s ramped up sexist and LGBTQ-phobic rhetoric.
I've Finished: The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
On one hand, The Gate to Woman's Country is a product of its time. Dealing with the aftermath of world war III. On the other hand, toxic masculinity is as relevant as ever.
In dialogue with the Iliad, Tepper Imagines a woman lead society that segregates men to a military garrison limited to Trojan War technology and confining war to formal battlefields set outside the walls where women, children and men who have renounced military life, live.
There is more to it than that, the arrangement isn't stable and must be maintained. The segregation isn't hermetic and women interact with the warriors outside Carnival Time. This is where the drama and the characters weaknesses and strengths come into play.
One place Where Women's Country really feels dated is that in a society where the sexes are mostly confined to their own camps and where marriage has been abolished, there is no mention of lgbtq sex.
A thought experiment with depth and compelling characters.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/cf7a67ef-a154-4b08-bcd8-7855a345c3d9
PS.
The audioook is available to the Audible Plus catalogue.
@bookstodon @audiobooks #ScienceFiction #feminism #ToxicMasculinity #bookstodon #AudioBooks
app.thestorygraph.comThe Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. TepperWomen rule in Women's Country. Women live apart from men, sheltering the remains of civilization....
@TheConversationUS To put Trump's #toxicmasculinity in perspective, I know a Canadian rock climber - one of the best in North America - who climbed quite a few long, extremely difficult routes without a rope. He's one of the nicest individuals you could ever meet, never put anyone else down, and never bragged about what he was doing. Too bad The Donald can't seem to learn by example.
After Trump's bullying of Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, an expert on political communication looks at how #toxicmasculinity and authoritarian tendencies hinder dealmaking, undermine democratic values, and increase global instability. https://buff.ly/8PRSfTs
By Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State
Digital painting: Ambiguous impulses for your own mental cinema!
#kunst #contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #digitalPainting #virtualPainting #aiAssistedArt #digitalArt #saveBioDiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #humanRights #humanDignity #Нетвойны #emblematy #baroque #arschkriecher #brownNoses #devotion #servility #staringEyes #oldWhiteMan #patriarchy #toxicmasculinity #workingclass #living #livelihood #wages #labourmovement
Aww, I'm so glad that it's helping reframe things for you. I don't think that I coined it, but it came up in a discussion we were having about how #ToxicMasculinity is the gateway drug to fascism.
https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson/112950023542600570
#TonicMasculinity
https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson/tagged/tonicmasculinity
Universeodon Social MediaSir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson (@SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com)I have said multiple times that "Toxic masculinity is the gateway drug to fascism" & I am even more resolute in that belief.
The reason that Tim Walz is such a breath of fresh air is that he exemplifies a non-toxic masculinity. That's why you've seen people post things like " I wish Tim Walz was my dad."
All of us non-asshole cis-het men have been grasping blindly trying to figure this out for ourselves. It's a relief to see that modeled by a white cis-het man in power.
#Walz #ToxicMasculinity #Antidote
toxic masculinity, attempted neology
I propose that we separate "toxic masculinity" into something completely different.
Not to save the feelings of masculine masculites everywhere, but to pre-empt the claim that "you are being anti-masculine" or "this company needs masculine energy" or whatever.
So, instead, let's call those features "trollish".
The idea that you can do something if you can get away with it: Trollish.
The idea that you can elevate yourself by stepping on people who are less privileged than yourself? Trollish.
Fear of showing emotion or accepting help? Trollish.
Obsession with power as (the only) way to get respect of peers? Trollish.
Espousing unhealthy habits out of spite? Trollish.
This way, these habits are peeled off and derided, not as a part of masculinity, but rather as a malady that some men suffer from.
A sickness.
I dunno. Made sense at the time I thought of it.
Think we can all guess how the 'incomprehensible screamer' voted, can't we?
@jamesjoelrussell @CosmickTrigger
Are you really this clueless?
You can't temper your #ecstasy with even a wee bit of #empathy?
Your glee is more important than our suffering?
@jamesjoelrussell @CosmickTrigger
log off
touch grass
blow some sunshine...
You musta missed the memo. #Harris got more votes in #TX than she did in #NY. She won my precinct. I'm a #volunteer voter registrar, and an #election worker.
If you really /want/ to be that asshat who thinks I deserve to live in #MAGA hell because I can't afford to move out of #Texas, at least man up and own it.
In addition to Coristine, a 23-year-old colleague of his, former SpaceX intern Luke Farritor, is also listed in the #StateDepartment’s directory as working at the Bureau of #Diplomatic #Technology. Both report to Joseph Nason, a special assistant in the bureau.
Coristine & Farritor are among a group of 6 engineers 25 or younger whom WaPo has identified as working on behalf of #DOGE.
“This is dangerous,” said one of the US officials, noting Coristine’s youth and a report by Bloomberg that he was fired for leaking a data security firm’s information to a competitor.
Officials worried that his position might give him a foothold for obtaining unauthorized access to #classified material & obtain compromising information on other countries & foreign activities.
#NationalSecurity #InfoSec #Cybersecurity #law #ToxicMasculinity #broligarchy #USpol #Trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/musk-s-doge-teen-was-fired-by-cybersecurity-firm-for-leaking-company-secrets
But his new position could give him visibility into far more than just #tech.
Some US ofcls expressed alarm about Coristine’s new perch at the bureau, which serves as the #IT dept for Washington’s diplomatic apparatus. All of the department’s IT & data management functions were centralized at the bureau during an overhaul before #Trump returned to office, making it a treasure trove of information.
#EdwardCoristine, who briefly worked for #ElonMusk’s brain-chip start-up Neuralink, is posted as a senior adviser to the #State Dept’s Bureau of #Diplomatic #Technology, a critical hub for data — both sensitive & nonsensitive…. Coristine, who also holds positions at the US #DOGE Service & the #OPM, has attracted significant attention across Washington for his *edgy* [revolting] online persona &… lack of experience….
FFS
19-year-old #Musk surrogate has #StateDepartment email address
A 19-year-old acolyte of #ElonMusk known online as “#BigBalls” is listed as having taken on a new role at the #State Dept, raising concerns among some diplomats about his potential access to sensitive information & the growing reach of his #tech #billionaire boss into America’s #diplomatic apparatus….
#NationalSecurity #InfoSec #Cybersecurity #law #ToxicMasculinity #broligarchy #USpol #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/10/musk-doge-state-department-surrogate/
The Washington Post · 19-year-old Musk surrogate has State Department email address
Analogue painting: Ambiguous impulses for your own mental cinema!
#kunst #contemporaryArt #mentalCinema #digitalPainting #virtualPainting #aiAssistedArt #digitalArt #saveBioDiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #noAFD #NoRacism #NoFascism #humanrights #humanDignity #Нетвойны #anatomy #muscles #innerOrgans #innerLife #introspection #soldier #worldWarOne #warHero #germanSpikedHelmet #toxicmasculinity #drawing #strangeCreature #fantasy
Fascist Mysoginy and Fragility comes to NASA.
Where are the mass protests against these directives in the USA?
““Per NASA HQ direction, we are required to scrub mentions of the following terms from our public sites by 5pm ET today. This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request. Note that the list below is the list that exists this morning, but it may grow as the day goes on.
DEIA
Diversity (in context of DEIA)
Equity (“ “)
Inclusion (“ “)
Accessibility (“ “)
MSI
Minority Serving Institution
Indigenous People
EEJ
EJ
Environmental Justice
Underrepresented groups/people
Anything specifically targeting women (women in leadership, etc.)”
#usa #fascism #toxicmasculinity #whitesupremacy
https://www.404media.co/nasa-dei-drop-everything-executive-order/
404 Media · Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.