[Noisebridge-discuss] New furniture

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On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Liz Henry <liz at bookmaniac.org> wrote:

> On 12/5/12 10:39 AM, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:
> > I do realize I am feminist-trolling the noisebridge list. In this case,
> to
> > me, 'troll' means behaving in a socially non-normative way in order to
> > elicit a desired response. In this case the desired response is your
> > education, you fool.
>
> How much do I love this??? SO MUCH. Hahahah!
>
> I have a fabulous recommendation for people on NB-discuss who are
> thinking about gender, language, and public discourse; Jo Freeman's
> BITCH Manifesto. It is humorously and enjoyably dated and yet still
> packs a fabulous punch.
>
> And it may inspire my fellow Bitches and Superbitches to feel glorious
> pride in their power.
>
> http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/bitch.htm
>
>
> "Neither men nor women can face the reality of a Bitch because to do so
> would force them to face the corrupt reality of themselves. She is
> dangerous. So they dismiss her as a freak.
>
> This is the root of her own oppression as a woman. Bitches are not only
> oppressed as women, they are oppressed for not being like women. Because
> she has insisted on being human before being feminine, on being true to
> herself before kowtowing to social pressures, a Bitch grows up an
> outsider. "
>

How did we get from furniture to manifestos?

FEMINIST BENCHES: The Bench Manifesto

1) Personality. Kind of cold, until you sit with it for a while and it
warms up to you.

2) Physical. Benches are wooden, metal, big, long, low, cold, covered,
uncovered, sometimes dirty. Benches don't move very easily. Benches are not
always pretty.

3) Orientation. Placing two Benches opposite each other is not recommended
as it can make strangers uncomfortable when forced to face each other.

By definition, Benches are marginal things in society.

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