I don't want to TALK TO YOU!

[quietprofanity]

I'm getting feelings like I should unplug myself from the feminist/anti-feminist blogosphere. Or maybe just the blogosphere in general. Not that it should be really hard, since I don't think my stuff gets a lot of circulation, but I've gotten to the point where I decided I'm not going to comment on anything. I don't actually like Internet fighting. It's frustrating, rarely ends in one party convincing the other of anything, and draws out rage far longer than I prefer. Plus, messageboards/chatrooms/LJ comms are one thing, but blogs/personal LJs give me the feeling like I'm barging into someone's house.

And then I think about making a post and then I decide no, that's bitchy and grudgewanky, and if they actually respond then I'm sinking MY time and energy into something I hate. But if I DON'T respond, then I go throughout most of the day going, "I can't believe those shits online said that where I happened to SURF BY AND READ IT! Good God I hate EVERYTHING!" And it's not even just the anti-feminists who are getting to me now. It's some of the feminists, too. But I know that's unreasonable because, like, I could stop reading.

Everything? Sometimes just because some people I don't like show up in the comments. I mean, I like (in a sense) going to these places like WFA and Shakesville. It's just a few people who ruin it.

DO THEY HAVE TO TAKE MY DAY ALONG WITH IT?

[sigh] I need to do something else with my life, I guess.

BTW, I actually like "When I Grow Up" by The Pussycat Dolls. But every time I listen to it, I think I hate myself a little more.

Comments

[dreamer-marie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sometimes it's better to stay away even from feminist websites. I like Shakesville, but ever since I found out that Melissa McEwan thinks it's her duty as a feminist to blog about her cat, I've decided to take her with a grain of salt. And I keep as far away from the comment section as possible.

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what set this off was I followed a link from Shakesville to another site. And at that OTHER site, there were two feminists I'm not so fond of, one I fought with before, the other who showed up on fandom_wank, in the comments and I spent most of the day seething. There was a bunch of "You shouldn't have done that" in the whole situation.

[dreamer-marie.livejournal.com]

Ah, you mean "Mass Grave" Ginmar? I only know her by what I've heard from F_W, but she seems like a piece of work.

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

The very same. Being charming with a statement along the lines of, "There's nothing wrong with being a man-hater. Some men are hateable!" and about the liberating act of not shaving your legs.

Although I hated her ever since she insulted another woman by calling her a "professional virgin" (because insulting someone for their personal choice is feminist!) and saying that black feminists NEVER acknowledge that black men can be sexist, which is malarkey.

[dreamer-marie.livejournal.com]

If it can make you feel better, I shaved my legs just this morning. In retrospect, I'm going to make it an act of rebellion against Ginmar.

[imayb1.livejournal.com]

Tangling with Ginmar is just not worth it. That ass is convinced that serving her country as a soldier is a very broad trump card which makes her better (and her opinions far more valid) than anyone else, ever. She is completely logic-proof.

I must admit, when I see a topic that's likely to become argumentative, I scan for "trouble" user names before reading. It's just self-preservation.