MADAME CLAIREVOYANT

deliciouskaek:

why do white people in other regions (which are most often England, Britain, Australia, NZ) always say “we don’t have racism here!”

when so many PoC from those countries sound ready to strangle the white folks in their country for the racist shit that constantly happens to them?

i mean, did y’all think y’all could be trusted enough to talk to about racism, or…?

because clearly you can’t, if they’re telling everybody in the world except you

One time Sarah and I were talking about racist Europeans we’ve known and the manarchist interrupted us (of course) to say “Well guys, I know a lot of really rad Germans and they say they don’t have racism there anymore.”

(I keep thinking I am done talking shit about the manarchist but CLEARLY I AM NOT (he actually said exactly that (he was not joking even a little bit)))

FROM THE MANARCHIST ARCHIVES:

“Don’t you hate it when people don’t speak properly? I mean, I guess it would be understandable in someone who went to community college, but this girl went to Yale.”

FROM THE MANARCHIST ARCHIVES:

“I think the reason she hasn’t really found community here is that most queers work in finance or fashion [uhh]. I keep trying to tell her that all of my queer friends are awesome people who are really involved with Occupy Wall Street but she’s like, not interested for some reason??”

FROM THE MANARCHIST ARCHIVES:

“I just can’t understand why this place is such a boys club when there are so many sensitive men!”

FROM THE MANARCHIST ARCHIVES:

One of the cooks is from Cleveland & the manarchist told her she shouldn’t love her hometown because “it has the highest rate of sexual assault in the country. Fuck Cleveland.” Yes great job manarchist that is exactly how this works.

OH AND BIG NEWS today I found out that he used to be in a “Buddhist martial arts cult.”

The manarchist wanted to unionize at work, so he talked to four of the white dudes about it and they didn’t want to and now he’s mad that “everyone” is “too terrified” to support him.

1. The manarchist thinks fiction is not important

2. The manarchist thinks you’re a conservative if you don’t use twitter

3. The manarchist thinks feminism is “not philosophical”

4. The manarchist thinks classism is fine as long as you know you’re doing it

5. The manarchist thinks that calling women “females” is “an intentionally anti-sexist statement”

6. The manarchist thinks I’m an anti-Semite for not liking Woody Allen

7. The manarchist thinks it’s so funny to call his (Chinese) girlfriend a “little dumpling”

8. The manarchist thinks “natural beauty” is a real and important thing

9. The manarchist thinks lesbians are really attracted to him because of his “perfect mix” of masculinity and femininity (…)

10. THE MANARCHIST THINKS REVERSE RACISM IS REAL

1. “Sooo I don’t know if you knew this about me, but when I was sixteen my band opened for Sebadoh. They coined the term indie rock.” (Is this even true? It seems like it’s not true but what do I know?)
2. He thinks he’s probably a [reverse] racist for listening to Fela Kuti (???????????????????? (Seriously, this one is baffling to me? Help?)).
3. MIA’s racial politics are really “not groovy” because she talks shit about white people and she really needs to learn to be more careful about the stuff she says.

Can white dudes who listen to Sebadoh just PLEASE QUIT THINKING THAT THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT MIA ARE REALLY SEARING & INSIGHTFUL & IMPORTANT. Godddddddd.

Oh my god the manarchist thinks reverse racism is real.

“Well the thing is, I’m kind of an expert on abusive behavior.”

(Then he ~educated~ us about the prison industrial complex and also did you know that cops are not your friends????!?)

He was in the middle of some smug lecture to S about why some movie she likes is ~anti-feminist~ when she interrupted him really cheerfully: “Wait, wait, I have a question! Okay, would you rather poop onstage at Lincoln Center in front of your mother-in-law or would you rather not poop for thirty days????” and he was actually seriously stunned into silence for a second before he laughed awkwardly and said “But I don’t even have a mother-in-law” and walked away. Ughhh this is perfect, she is brilliant, only gonna talk to jerks about pooping from now on.

(Am having some qualms about talking shit about the manarchist after we had a seriousss talkkk last week but I just found this in my drafts from a while ago and I CAN’T RESIST, am I a terrible monster: yes/maybe/whatever).

He TALKED OVER ME to say “Well honestly, you’d never think it but it’s often the nicest guys who have the biggest problems toward women!” and for a beautiful second I half-seriously wondered if it’s actually all been an extended practical joke? Like maybe there are hidden cameras capturing hundreds of closeups of my disgusted face for like Feminist Candid Camera or something?

HE WANTS TO WRITE A BOOK about the ~evils of capitalism~ told through stories about the “terrible women” (bimbos?!) he has dated. Like for example this one woman used to be really “cool and outdoorsy” and then she went and dyed her hair BLOND can you even believe that, capitalism, man.