Been a while
since I visited Feministing and this article in response to the Toronto mass
murder and Ross Douthat's ass-hat essay is
dead on.
Marginalized
people who society frequently ridicules and presumes incapable of desiring or
of being desired — fat people, disabled people, people of color, trans and
queer people — have not created online communities to plot violent revenge
against women. It is only white, straight, cisgender men — who are repeatedly
told by our culture that theirs are the only desires that matter, that they are
entitled to power over other people’s bodies — who react in this way.
Jess Fournier's entire essay can be read here.
