Comments on: migraines and misogyny http://thisfish.com/migraines-and-misogyny/ Found the bike. Not changing the title. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:54:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: thisfish http://thisfish.com/migraines-and-misogyny/#comment-49116 thisfish Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:38:51 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=2374#comment-49116 Ha! Awesome. Ha! Awesome.

]]> By: Olivia http://thisfish.com/migraines-and-misogyny/#comment-49112 Olivia Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:10:16 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=2374#comment-49112 That is some stellar mansplaining. Well done. http://scienceblogs.com/thusspakezuska/2010/01/you_may_be_a_mansplainer_if.php That is some stellar mansplaining. Well done.

http://scienceblogs.com/thusspakezuska/2010/01/you_may_be_a_mansplainer_if.php

]]> By: Olivia http://thisfish.com/migraines-and-misogyny/#comment-49111 Olivia Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:07:40 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=2374#comment-49111 Interesting, though, that women are not a monolith. So, your not being offended by this does not mean it isn't offensive. Frankly, saying the "women hold the torch in that arena" is misogynist. It is not one sex or the other who is the best at being mean. There are expert tongue lashers on both sides. Interesting, though, that women are not a monolith. So, your not being offended by this does not mean it isn’t offensive. Frankly, saying the “women hold the torch in that arena” is misogynist. It is not one sex or the other who is the best at being mean. There are expert tongue lashers on both sides.

]]> By: annette http://thisfish.com/migraines-and-misogyny/#comment-49110 annette Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:02:42 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=2374#comment-49110 The comments on the Packer's site were only the beginning. She was getting hate mail on her own blog. It WAS a torrent of abuse and she was most decidely NOT overreacting. The comments on the Packer’s site were only the beginning. She was getting hate mail on her own blog. It WAS a torrent of abuse and she was most decidely NOT overreacting.

]]> By: Carrie http://thisfish.com/migraines-and-misogyny/#comment-49086 Carrie Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:09:01 +0000 http://thisfish.com/?p=2374#comment-49086 I know it sounds silly but gatorade really helps my migraines if I catch them early enough. From a sports drink to sports radio... I love baseball. Like memorize stats, game schedules, who won the world series in which year, and absolutely random things about the sport. 6 years ago I had started a new job at the end of February. I worked with a couple of jocks and wannabe jocks. I came in one day all excited that I had secured tickets to the Cardinals/Yankee interleague play game. My boss then told me I had to work that weekend for our city festival and that I couldn't go. I told him too bad, he should have notified me of that when I was hired. He told me he would fire me. I said "Go ahead." One morning I was talking to one of the jocks about the game the night before and my boss came up behind me and said "You really love baseball don't you?" I looked at him and said something like you already know that and he said "But you love it love it, not like, girl love it." Uhhh.... What? I get it a lot. “You know that? You are a girl!” Um, yes. Thank you for identifying my gender to me. I wasn’t aware of it until now. Just because I have a uterus doesn’t mean I don’t like sports. It doesn’t mean I can’t understand sports. And it doesn’t mean I am any less a woman for doing so. But it does make me think less of you for making a big deal about my gender. I know it sounds silly but gatorade really helps my migraines if I catch them early enough.
From a sports drink to sports radio…
I love baseball. Like memorize stats, game schedules, who won the world series in which year, and absolutely random things about the sport. 6 years ago I had started a new job at the end of February. I worked with a couple of jocks and wannabe jocks. I came in one day all excited that I had secured tickets to the Cardinals/Yankee interleague play game. My boss then told me I had to work that weekend for our city festival and that I couldn’t go. I told him too bad, he should have notified me of that when I was hired. He told me he would fire me. I said “Go ahead.” One morning I was talking to one of the jocks about the game the night before and my boss came up behind me and said “You really love baseball don’t you?” I looked at him and said something like you already know that and he said “But you love it love it, not like, girl love it.” Uhhh…. What?
I get it a lot. “You know that? You are a girl!” Um, yes. Thank you for identifying my gender to me. I wasn’t aware of it until now. Just because I have a uterus doesn’t mean I don’t like sports. It doesn’t mean I can’t understand sports. And it doesn’t mean I am any less a woman for doing so. But it does make me think less of you for making a big deal about my gender.

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