Scrolling through tumblr is, like bird, kitten, puppy dog!, feminist screed, kitty cat, moose, social justice warrioring, feminist screed...

Pause. (blink) These girls are discussing issues of consent and at least part of the audience isn't just waiting for them to finish venting, accept reality and shut up. I mean, there are jackasses rolling their eyes, but no one except trolls acting as if it isn't a serious discussion to be had.

If you don't know what I'm talking about? Good.

From tumblr:
Flower causes cat to malfunction
Itty bitty kitties napping
One day things will get better; until then...
My reaction when someone asks me what I'm doing with my life
Copperbadge explains the fuss over Ant Man (does not involve cats)
edited to add:
The Big Gay Hate Machine (which is not at all what it sounds like, except hysterically is)

Youtube:
Why are you so angry? (first of a six part dissection of what's up with gamergate; whole series takes just shy of an hour to watch, but it was a perspective I hadn't thought of. Also, can be applied to pretty much any situation involving the question "What is that privileged asshole's mafunction?")
Age of Ultron/Winter Soldier crack vid #1
Age of Ultron/Winter Soldier crack vid #2 (my fave of the pair)

Twitter:

GO HOME GLAMOUR YOU ARE DRUNK: http://t.co/hXXq7dPzJx (via @SaraJBenincasa)

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) July 25, 2015

Note: 1/3rd of me agrees with Scalzi about Glamour's state of inebriation; 1/3rd of me is appalled that some men at just that easy; 1/3rd of me is taking notes. (facepalm)

Recipe links:
Mushroom bourguignon (can be vegan with substitution of arrowroot for flour and gluten free with veggie noodles)
Weight Watcher's Garlic Herb Roasted Pork (though clearly vegan is not my priority at dinner)

Tim Hunt piece on The Mary Sue.

Sorry, Sir Tim Hunt is a pig ignorant moron. Who, even as a joke, starts any anecdote with "my problem with girls is..." ? I mean, anywhere? Let alone in a room full of women, many if not most of whom are members of the press?

Blergh

(edited to correct name)

...consisted of visualizing the "Old Boy" comfort zone.( Cut for length )

As a matter of strategy, though, it's tough to expect all the women to stand (or whatever they're physically up to) shoulder to shoulder against sexism when sexism may not even be some women's biggest problem.

So, some kind soul on tumblr linked the world to this very serious video about street harassment, which has one of the best ending lines I've heard in awhile.

After that, I riffled through Marina's other videos, one of which concerned Myths About Feminism.



Geezer response: U R NOT TAKN FEMINISM SRSLY ENUF, WPRSNAP, except a geezer wouldn't use l33t and l33t is unlikely to have a word for "whippersnapper."
Feminist!Me response: Largely accurate, especially the "literally" part at the end. (Wicke Witch of the West cackle.)

I have no idea how to cite tumblr, but here's the link to the post I saw.

edited to add: this works as a fairly brief overview of the history of feminism, especially if you add "and then we started suing people" to the end.

The Art of War for Women by Chin-Ning Chu
Published 2010 by Crown Business

For a book published in 2010, there was quite a bit of old school "I am Woman, hear me roar," feminism in this. I found that quite refreshing, personally. Also, it was balanced with shoe metaphor when discussing getting to know ourselves better. Yes, shoes in a book about women's success. That part was both charming and trenchant. (I'm one of the ones in sneakers, if you're curious.) The author also took a page out of John T. Malloy and gently reminded today's young women that how we dress really does affect perception of our seriousness about career.

The book both makes me want to read the actual Art of War while making me shy away from it. Sun Tzu apparently wrote it as a resume for a Warring States king in China, so it's intentionally obscure so that said king would need Sun to advise him on it. Clever boy, but abstruse.

"If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles."
Sun Tzu

The hows and wherefores of getting to know oneself and one's enemy that well are left as an exercise for the student. :D For extra credit, reconcile with:

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
Sun Tzu

I'm starting to hear things from Mulan now.