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redqueen

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14. The blog is run by David Futrelle.
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 07:51 AM
Aug 2012

He's not a "rad-fem", he's a guy who likes to mock misogyny. I'm pretty sure he means boobz as in idiots, not extra fat where breasts would be.

Puzzling that you chose to fixate on rad-fems as the source of the term in this OP (LOL, not really). If you went to the site, his name is right there, prominently featured on the front page.

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I think "mansplaining" is a gender-based slur Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #1
i guess it depends on the context, i kinda like moobs as i call them :) loli phabay Aug 2012 #2
My man boobs are all muscle, baby! ZenLefty Aug 2012 #3
People can by hypocrites, nothing new there. Denninmi Aug 2012 #4
I think it is funny and I've heard men use the same phrase. Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #5
I never said ONLY woman say it. Bonobo Aug 2012 #6
it is sexist. I ain't perfect. Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #7
What's idiotic about using their own self-applied moniker??? opiate69 Aug 2012 #9
Radical feminist is nowhere near femi-Nazi ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #10
Again, its a self applied label. Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Upton Aug 2012 #15
They even had a conference known as Radfem 2012 scheduled.. Upton Aug 2012 #16
It was moved to a different venue that, presumably, didn't have a problem with the trans bigotry. Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #23
I think "rad-fem" is a fair description when it's self-applied. 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #24
There's a prominent radfem blogger is linked in an OP in HoF, and the excerpt praises "radfem hub" Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #26
Isn't that some kind of radfem blog ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #8
??? MadrasT Aug 2012 #12
Yes, there is a website by that name. Bonobo Aug 2012 #13
The blog is run by David Futrelle. redqueen Aug 2012 #14
I guess I shouldn't have assumed it was run by a woman. Bonobo Aug 2012 #17
No, there's definitely no need to apologize. redqueen Aug 2012 #18
Interesting ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2012 #22
Thank you. n/t JTFrog Aug 2012 #19
That's how I took it. MadrasT Aug 2012 #20
It would if he featured pictures of overweight men, and was mocking them for their appearance. redqueen Aug 2012 #21
I guess it depends on how sensitive one is. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #25
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