*dies of the stupid*

[alixtii]

Oh yes, (systemic) sexism and racism don't exist outside the United States at all, do they? Feminism is simply just a part of some American agenda of cultural imperialism, and everyone knows that Western Europe is a utopia when it comes to gender and race issues. (Apparently everything I've read in the New York Times--not to mention The Guardian--is a big fat lie. Who knew?)

Really, how does one respond to that?

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[alixtii.livejournal.com]

Just a daily expulsion of invective for the benefit of my sanity. I won't provide the link that has me ranting unless you beg me, because I think my flist would she be spared the experience (although a couple will probably recognize the context). Besides, it's not the first time I've seen someone go "You only think gender [race, class, whatever] matters because you're American" as a catch-all rebutting of the possibility that feminism might have any applicability to their lives, it's just that this time it seems especially good at making me want to pull my hair out.

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

People are strange. Sometimes I wonder if some of them pay any attention At All to issues happening around them.

[alixtii.livejournal.com]

*nods*