A lot of stuff on Return of Queens makes me laugh, but in a way that probably does not reflect well upon my own character. The writers on ROQ make a fetish of their femininity and constantly admonish their readers to be "lady-like", but their blatant bigotry makes a mockery of their class airs.
You see a true "lady" (or anyone born of the professional or upper middle class in the past fifty years) may be as racist as they come, but she would rather die than admit to it. So that's what I laugh about: the ladies at ROQ are hicks, and -- sorry to say it -- white trash to the core. Their attempts to pretend otherwise are what make me laugh.
What's different about this ROQ post, "a cutting edge documentary of the MGTOW movement," is that is is supposed to be funny. Kudos to Meredith Knight, the contributor who posted it.
In fact, all of Meredith Knight's posts so far are decent, and show a degree of wit and humor noticeably lacking in most of the anti-feminist female bloggers. Not surprising, perhaps, if she is a Registered Nurse (they're usually pretty smart people). I wish I could persuade her to switch teams.
I'd leave a comment on the site about how tickled I was, but I am sadly not welcome there, since according to their policy, "No hybrids of either are welcome, especially feminists. Included in the
list of excluded are trans-gender [pre AND post op], gender fluid
[whatever the hell that means], gay men, lesbians, male feminists [yes
they do exist], and any combination of those previously listed."
I just hope Knight, with all the biology classes she's surely taken, does not seriously believe that "human hybrids" exist.
That was a cute post. I clicked on the link even though I gave up on ROQ a while ago. I couldn't stand it's misogynistic "white knighting" of men (for lack of a better term) or its racism and homophobia.
ReplyDeleteIt's a weird site, written by some really trashy gals who want to be "ladies" and have no idea where to hate. Here's a hint: A lady isn't hateful.
DeleteMy mischievous side got the best of me the other day on RoQ, in the recent Rape post. Knowing full well that I was pretty much wasting my time trying to argue with these ladies, I got bored and decided to make an appearance. I am surprised I lasted as long as I did before being banned for having an opinion they didn't like. It was fun while it lasted.
ReplyDelete(I want you to know my last comment was supposed to be satirical. I wasn't trying to make light of the situation. I just realized that it kind of reads that way.)
ReplyDeleteI didn't read it that way, you were making fun of RoQ not the issues they write about, right? They are pretty ban happy aren't they?
DeleteNothing says 'we're not a circle jerk' like excoriating straw feminists, then excluding anyone with a differing opinion from responding.
Wow. There is some racist/sexist/homophobic crap on that site. How depressing.
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