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October17,2013

http://kalmplex.com/2013//17/feministhauntedhousereview/cuzi
couldn'tjustleavethatintheprocessingroom
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54peoplelikethis.
CharmingLimGreatarticle,thanksforwritingthisKalmplex
October18,2013at10:13amLike 7
RoyalNewboldMissedthehauntedhauscuzfiguredthebbwouldn'tenjoy
thatbutyouhavesuchanonpointandalsohilariouswayofbreakinshit
down.Howdaresomeonetrynmesswithyerkicks.Thatisjustnotdone
October18,2013at11:08amLike 8
NigelWynneSoI'mnottotallydownwitheverythingyouwroteinyourreview
cosIappreciatetheideaofglitterviolationandIgotthemeaningbehindthe
eyeballsinthevagina,butIthinkyourfirstandlastexperiencesaremost

Maybe

valid.IheardthattheeventwasonlypromotedonFacebook(Imightbe
wrong)whichwouldbeoneexplanationfora99%whitecrowdifso,Ithinka
lessoncouldbelearnedabouttheinvitingoffriendsoffriendstoapublicart
sponsoredevent.IfIhadn'texperiencedtheprocessingroommyselfthenI
mighthavethoughtthatyoumissedanironybutprocessingdidhappen
whenitwasmyturnandtheredidcomeaconcessionabouttheroomacting
asacheckandbalance.Mostly,Iadmirethehowandthewhyinyouwriting
yourreview.ItwasentertainingbutitalsoremindedmethatIgettoturnmy
whiteprivilegeswitchonnoffatwill,andthatnightthevolumewaslowto
inaudiblesohumblegratitudeandapologiesforthat.Ihadagoodtime.
October18,2013at3:12pmLike 2
GardeniaFloresWhileIagreewithsomeofyourpointssuchasthe
whitenessofthecrowdandparticipants,itseemslikeyoumissedthecentral
pointofthehauntedhousethatthespookswerealltheculturalbogeymen
offeminism.Soofcourse,itwasantimalebecausefeministsarealways
accusedofbeingantimale,etc.
Itcouldhavebeenreallyinterestingifthehousehadaddressedheadonthe
culturalbogeymanthatfeministsareonlywhiteandmiddleclass.Thisseems
tomelikeamissedopportunitytoaddresstheissuesofraceandclassthat
arearticulatedinyourreview.Perhapsifit'sdoneagain.
October18,2013at5:22pmEditedLike 4
SammySamosaIgetit,soit'saboutbringingtolifetheoppositional
reactionsto(white)feminismembodiedbymythicalcharactersandscenes.
Hencethecastrationscenes.Theantimale"culturalbogeymen"..Soalong
thesamelineofthinking,awhitefeministwithdredswouldthenrepresent
theoppositionalreactiontoculturalappropriation?It'samyththat(white)
feministsareantimale...Andracist?
October19,2013at1:28amLike

AsamAhmadIlovewhenwhitepplorthosepassingforwhitegothrough
ourexperiencesandletusknowwhichonesareandaren't'valid.'Thankyou
whitepeople,withoutyourvalidation,howwouldwepossiblybegintofigure
outwhatwejustexperienced?
October19,2013at9:31amLike 26
JadeGarnetIthinkit'skindofalazyanswertosaythathistoricallyfeminism
hasbeenhistoricallyverywhite,soofcoursethestereotypicaltropesthe
"culturalbogeymen"offeminismarealsogoingtobewhite.Thatreally
doesnothingtoacknowledgethehistoryofWHYmainstreamfeminismhas
historicallybeenaciswhiteclassprivilegedinstitutionandtheimpactofhow
theairingofsuchculturalbogeymenwillnecessarilyevokememoriesofthat
historyofoppression,isolationandexclusioninfeminism.
October19,2013at10:01amLike

NicBravoYeah.It'ssuperlazytoexcusethisstuffbysaying,basically,"it's
ironic!"Like,howaboutwhentheactualracismandwhitedominanceofthe
feministmovementisathingofthepast,thenwecanmakefunofit?Maybe?
Tilthenwhydon'twe(whitepeople)juststicktoworkingonbeinglessfucked
up?Ratherthan"mocking"/celebratingourselves?
October19,2013at10:10amLike

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MelanieRichterMontpetitAlso,the"culturalbogeymen"framerestsonthe
ideathatonlyWhiteaudiencesdevelopedrepresentationsoffeminism(that
matter),asifwomen/lesbiansofcolourliketheCombaheeRiverCollective
didnothavetonegotiate"killjoy"narrativesabouttheirpoliticsandsexuality.
October19,2013at11:28amLike 15
KateHartLikeAsammentionedit'sreallyabouttimethat(us)whitefolks
stopsiftingthroughPOCexperiencesandfigureoutwhichoncewecan
back,(withanexcuseofwhyitwashowitwas).Ify'allarereallyabout
makingsupercool*~radical~*spacesandeventitshouldbeobviousto
actuallylistentofeedbackfromdifferentpartsofthequeercommunity.
October19,2013at11:32pmEditedLike 6
ShuAah"Whythankyouwhitejesusforbeingsoconsiderateofmy
feelingsbecauseobviouslyyouknewsomeofyourshitwasfucked.Like
forrealforreal.ThekickerwaswhenIwasaskedhowIcouldbehelped?It
aintabouthelpingmeitsaboutdealingwithyourfuckeryandwhite
supremacistantiblackracistthoughtthatneedstochange.Cuzthatshitwas
fuckedbe."lordeKalmplex!thankyouforthis!
October20,2013at4:31pmLike 3
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