Category Archives: social justice 101

Manly Cheerleading

Posted on March 21, 2012 by ozymandias

One for the Masculinity Is An Immutable Thing Placed In Us By The Almighty God And/Or Evolution And Definitely Has Nothing To Do With Social Construction or Anything people: Cheerleading was originally considered a manly sport.

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Hoisting Petards and the Patriarchy

Posted on January 29, 2012 by ozymandias

Have you ever heard the phrase “hoist by his own petard”? As in the sentence “Newt Gingrich was hoist by his own petard: his general douchebaggery has probably cost him the presidency”? Do you have any idea what a petard … Continue reading →

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Social Justice Part Whatthefuckever: Seeing the Matrix

Posted on November 9, 2011 by ozymandias

The kyriarchy is like the Matrix. (This was totally my metaphor first, and then Sinfest stole it and made it into a comic, and now hopefully it has been long enough that everyone forgot. Except, uh, I just mentioned Sinfest. … Continue reading →

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Social Justice 101 Part Ozy Has Lost Count: Social Construction!

Posted on November 7, 2011 by ozymandias

(Sorry for the giant break in this series… life happened!) People are often seriously confused about social construction. Socially constructed things are not less real than non-socially-constructed things. Money is a social construct: if everyone woke up one morning and … Continue reading →

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Social Justice 101 Part 3: Why We Do It

Posted on October 11, 2011 by ozymandias

“Hey, wait a minute, fuckass,” some of you might be thinking right now. “So we all are a part of the kyriarchy. But the kyriarchy as a social system doesn’t work well for anyone!  Okay, maybe there’s an upper-class cis … Continue reading →

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Social Justice 101 Part 2: Agents of Kyriarchy

Posted on October 10, 2011 by ozymandias

Someone might notice that, when I talk about kyriarchy, the passive voice happens a lot. “People with disabilities are denied accommodations.” “Queer people are made to feel weird and outcast.” “People of color are sometimes asked to speak for their … Continue reading →

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Social Justice 101 Part One: I Blame the Kyriarchy

Posted on October 9, 2011 by ozymandias

I have decided it has been entirely too long since I wrote a giant-ass series. (Yes, people in the back, I can hear you groaning.) In short, I now think it is time for a giant-ass series about my premises … Continue reading →

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