#ti-grace Atkinson

[thatsonemorbidcorvid]

“Almanina Barbour, a black militant woman in Philadelphia, once pointed out to me: "The Women's Movement is the first in history with a war on and no enemy." I winced. It was an obvious criticism. I fumbled about in my mind for an answer. Surely the enemy must have been defined at some time. Otherwise, what had we been shooting at for the last couple of years? into the air?

Only two responses came to me, although in looking for those two I realized that it was a question carefully avoided. The first and by far the most frequent answer was "society." The second, infrequently and always furtively, was "men."

If "society" is the enemy, what could that mean? If women are being oppressed, there's only one group left over to be doing the oppressing: men. Then why call them "society"? Could "society" mean the "institutions" that oppress women? But institutions must be maintained, and the same question arises: by whom? The answer to "who is the enemy?" is so obvious that the interesting issue quickly becomes "why has it been avoided?"

The master might tolerate many reforms in slavery but none that would threaten his essential role of master. Women have known this, and since "men" and "society" are in effect synonymous, they have feared confronting him. Without this confrontation and a detailed understanding of what his battle strategy has been that has kept us so successfully pinned down, the "Women's Movement" is worse than useless. It invites backlash from men, and no progress for women.”

- Ti-Grace Atkinson, Amazon Odyssey

[haggishlyhagging]

The reproductive function of a woman is the only innate function which distinguishes women from men. It is the critical distinction upon which all inequities toward women are grounded. It is, therefore, crucial for women to understand clearly what the nature of this function is, how it is to be defined, and in what relationship the reproductive function stands to a woman.

The reproductive function is a special ability, capacity, or talent held by women. This function is a property which determines their womanhood. The distinction between this function and the usual sense of property is that the latter is static, or primarily spatial, while the former is operational, or exists over time. The reproductive function has the status of property because of its definitive nature.

. . .

The Constitution of the United States, in the Fourteenth Amendment, clearly protects the life, liberty, and property of every person. Any legislation interfering in any way with any woman's self-determination of her reproductive process is clearly unconstitutional. It would interfere with her life by interfering with her person; it would interfere with her liberty by interfering with her freedom of choice as regards her own person; it would interfere with her property since her reproductive process constitutes, in the most integral and strictest sense, her property.

-Ti-Grace Atkinson, Amazon Odyssey

[radfemmedia]

Ti-Grace Atkinson Media

Interview (2009) Part 1 Time: 1:15:21 | Part 2 Time: 2:34:16

Visit to Fresno State Campus (19??) Time: 1:57

A Biography of Ideas (19??) Time: 34:41

Speech re: Radical Feminism vs. Post-Modernism (29 Mar 2014) Time: 16:11

[wouldyourecognizethisperson-poll]

Top 50 Most Recognized

(As of April 9)

Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson - 99.4% of poll respondents recognized

Gordon Ramsay - 98.9

Ellen Degeneres - 97.9

Will Smith - 97.4

Daniel Radcliffe - 96.1

Benedict Cumberbatch - 96

Bob Ross - 95.9

Snoop Dogg - 94.4

Ed Sheeran - 94.3

Leonardo DiCaprio - 94

Misha Collins [TIED] Rowan Atkinson - 93.4

Guy Fieri - 93.2

Danny Devito - 93.1

Taylor Swift - 93

Ryan Gosling - 92.8

Robert Downey Jr [TIED] Zendaya - 92.7

Morgan Freeman [TIED] Bill Nye - 92.4

Steve Harvey - 92.2

Robin Williams - 91.8

Elliot Page - 91.7

Emma Watson [TIED] Bernie Sanders - 91.6

Dolly Parton - 91.5

Kanye West (Ye) - 91.3

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Robert Pattinson - 90.9

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Simon Cowell - 90.6

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Prince Harry - 89.7

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Pedro Pascal - 88.9

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David Tennant - 88.5

Peter Dinklage [TIED] Mads Mikkelson - 88

Will Ferrell - 87.9

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Oprah Winfrey - 87.7

Lil Nas X - 87.6

Taika Waititi - 87.5

John Cena [TIED] Meryl Streep [TIED] Dan Howell - 87.4

Weird Al Yankovic - 87.3

Ariana Grande - 86.9

Matt Smith - 86.7

Tom Hiddleston - 86.5

Amy Winehouse - 86.3

25 Least Recognized

Steve Gonsalves (Ghost Hunters) - 0.3% of voters recognized, [TIED] Jackson Browne (Musician) - 0.3

Forrest Wheeler (Fresh Off the Boat) - 0.4

Tara Lipinski (Olympic ice skater) [TIED] Yanni (Greek musician) [TIED] George Lazenby (On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Becoming Bond) [TIED] Génesis Rodríguez (The Umbrella Academy, Special Ops: Lioness) - 0.5

Ted Leo (Musician, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists) - 0.6

Eric Burdon (Musician, The Animals) [TIED] Christine Lakin (Step by Step) [TIED] Peter Frampton (Musician, Humble Pie) [TIED] Boz Scaggs (Musician) [TIED] Ian Chen (Fresh Off the Boat) - 0.8

Isaiah Thomas (basketball player) [TIED], Tippi Hedren (The Birds) - 0.9

Brian Eno (Musician) [TIED] Lauren Daigle (Musician) [TIED] Jeremy Sumpter (Peter Pan), Scout Taylor Compton (Halloween remake) [TIED] Eve Plumb (The Brady Bunch) [TIED] Dale Earnhardt Jr (Racecar driver) - 1

Kate Maberly (The Secret Garden) [TIED] Blu Cantrell (Musician) - 1.1

Joss Stone (Musician) [TIED] Chuck Lorre (TV producer) [TIED] Amy Shark (Musician) - 1.3

Patricia Quinn (Rocky Horror Picture Show) [TIED] Joshua Bell (Musician) [TIED] Michelle Phillips (Musician, The Mamas and the Papas) [TIED] Patti Hansen (Model) - 1.4

Kaori Sakamoto (Olympic figure skater) - 1.5

Lance Armstrong (Disgraced bicyclist) [TIED] Thalia (Musician) [TIED] Louisa Jacobson (The Gilded Age) [TIED] Lupe Fiasco (Rapper) [TIED] Tommy Hilfiger (fashion designer) - 1.6

Grace Slick (Musician, Jefferson Airplane) [TIED] Gloria Gaynor (Musician) [TIED] Michelle Kwan (Olympic figure skater) [TIED] Rachel Platten (Musician) - 1.7

Sean Paul (Musician) - 1.8

Taio Cruz (Musician) - 1.9

Andrew VanWyngarden (Musician, MGMT) [TIED] Julie Christie (Doctor Zhivago) [TIED] Nancy Wilson (Musician, Heart) [TIED] Steve Miller (Musician, Steve Miller Band) [TIED] Criss Angel (Magician) [TIED] Wolfgang Puck (Chef) - 2

Jennifer Grey (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Dirty Dancing) [TIED] Dave Davies (Musician, the Kinks) [TIED] Sarah Polley (Women Talking) - 2.1

Ava Russo (Avengers: Endgame) [TIED] Mia Hamm (soccer player) [TIED] Richard Grieco (21 Jump Street) [TIED] Chris Columbus (film director) [TIED] Neil Diamond (Musician) - 2.2

Anita Baker (Musician) [TIED] Nicholle Tom (The Nanny) [TIED] Elle King (Musician) [TIED] Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie) [TIED] Paul Weller (Musician) - 2.3

Salman Khan () [TIED] Ray Davies (Musician, the Kinks) [TIED] Barry Gibb (Musician, the Bee Gees) [TIED] Eva Marie Saint (North by Northwest) [TIED] Trisha Yearwood (Musician) [TIED] Taj Mahal (Musician) [TIED] Kenny Loggins (Musician) - 2.4

Staci Keanan (Step by Step) [TIED] Sue Bird (basketball player) - 2.5

Charlotte Church (Musician) [TIED] Lexi Rabe (The Avengers: Endgame) [TIED] Steve Marriott (Musician, The Small Faces & Humble Pie) [TIED] Elisha Cuthbert (The Ranch) [TIED] Jason Hawes (Ghost Hunters) [TIED] K Michelle (Musician) [TIED] Elizabeth Smart (kidnapping survivor & child safety advocate) [TIED] Dilma Rousseff (former Brazilian president) [TIED] Kiara Pichardo (School Spirits) - 2.6

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[velvetvexations]

on one hand i am a very big believer that reading written theory does not inherently define politics and that you can engage with most ideas without ever once touching a theory book directly and be just fine

HOWEVER - the number of people in general (not even just in transfeminist spaces) who think they can just write up their own theory without engaging with any other queer / feminist history or queer / feminist theory outside of their own bothers me so much

like, even re: people not understanding radical feminism and it's roots -- it's not just that radical feminism was born out of man hating, it was born out of genocidal rhetoric towards men. valerie solanas and ti-grace atkinson are the names to look up for anyone interested in the militaristic and genocidal roots of radical feminism that have never once gone away in the almost 70 years since the ideology's conception.

and you don't even need to be a scholar to look these things up!! you don't need to be an academic to learn history or to understand the basic principles of a political ideology. you literally just need a sense of curiosity and a search engine. hell - over half the time you just need wikipedia. then you could, if you really wanted to, support a local bookstore or used book website or your local library to read about the subject in your free time if you really felt compelled to. but again! books are not a requirement! if you're on tumblr the whole internet is at your fingertips!!

there are just so many routes to take the time to learn and be a metaphorical student, even just briefly, before you start acting like an authoritative teacher. the entitlement that comes with just thinking you can say anything about a subject and expect to be carried by your identity rather than the merit of your knowledge of a relatively accessible area of study bothers me to no end.

(also just for clarity none of those "you"s are directed at you velvet! they're the general "you")

The problem is that they read and don't internalize any of it. They just recycle all the big words they learned. Actually understanding the history of radical feminist thought is anathema to them because it'd pretty quickly make them realize no, for real, radfems don't think you're a woman, and also hate trans men. Being moderately educated on radical feminism would make their house of cards instantly collapse.

[lizbethborden]

I had to read some extracts of Judith Butler books for a class at uni and it was the most nonsensical bullshit I've seen in my entire life, made worse by the fact that the teacher was in absolute awe of it and talking about her like she wrote the bible. Do you have recs of women (either in Tumblr posts or articles or their own books) reviewing her works and analysing it from like, a perspective that makes sense ? I tried searching her name on tumblr.com but almost every single post has "anti-radfem" in the tags which is a bad sign lol. Because if I don't read something smart very soon I think my brain's gonna shrivel up and die (just a heads up you're not the only blog I sent this to, I'm reaching out to the smartest tumblr blogs I know and desperately looking for recs lol)

I know what you mean anon LOL. I think the big one here would be "The Professor of Parody" by Martha Nussbaum. For criticisms of postmodernism and queer theory in general you could also read:

"Let them eat text" by Karla Mantilla

"The Descent from Radical Feminism to Postmodernism" by Ti-Grace Atkinson

"The Normalization of Queer Theory" by David M. Halperin

[dykemind]

hahah according to Lesbian Ethics the old adage “feminism is the theory; lesbianism is the practice” is a mash-up of Ti-Grace Atkinson “feminism is a theory, but lesbianism is a practice” and Sara Scott: “Feminism is the complaint and lesbianism is the solution.”

[thatsonemorbidcorvid]

“The "battle of the sexes" is a commonplace, both over time and distance. But it is an inaccurate description of what has been happening. A "battle" implies some balance of powers, whereas when one side suffers all the losses, such as in some kinds of raids (often referred to as the "rape" of an area), that is called a massacre. Women have been massacred as human beings over history, and this destiny is entailed by their definition. As women begin massing together, they take the first step from being massacred to engaging in battle (resistance). Hopefully, this will eventually lead to negotiations — in the very far future — and peace.”

- Ti-Grace Atkinson, Amazon Odyssey

[verpaso]

A season 6 pirates scene idea I don’t want to put on my writing/art blog

[Ezra stands before a door on a ship. His hands are tied behind his back, and on each side of him there is a soldier. The soldier on the left has his hand clamped hard around Ezra’s upper arm. Ezra’s face is hardened and glaring.]

ATKINSON: Let him in.

[The soldier to the right opens the door, and Ezra is forced inside, though he snarls at the soldier as he’s forced to take a seat as well.

He sits across from Atkinson at a desk, unaware of who he is. Atkinson is stiff and silent, just staring, maybe analyzing. The room is a captain’s quarters, very neat, though the walls host several guns and blades. A large map hangs on the back wall, various pins stuck into it. The desk is littered with papers and navigation equipment.

Ezra’s eye catches on a small crystal skull, being used as a paperweight. He inhales in recognition.]

EZRA: You’ve been to Dead Man’s Cove.

ATKINSON: Yes, rather. [He picks up the skull, and ponders it.] A long time ago, now.

EZRA: [Sneers.] Now you’ve grown old. Is that your game? Reliving your glory days?

[Atkinson sets the skull down between them, facing Ezra, with a harsh slam.]

ATKINSON: I believe it was Dead Man’s Cove, where I came across one Captain Ortiz, and gave him a rather nasty gash on the cheek. Tell me, Ezra, did that leave a scar?

[Ezra hisses in shock and anger. But he pauses, and frowns in thought, and as he realizes the significance of what Atkinson has said, his eye widens.]

EZRA: That scar—that day—that scar came from— [And his face drops into a deep, ragged rage.] You’re the Pirate Slayer. You’re Atkinson.

ATKINSON: That’s General, to you.

[Ezra starts to pull wildly against his restraints, standing and knocking the chair back. The soldiers approach, and he screams out as they hold him.]

EZRA: You have no idea what you’re in for, you snake! When—WHEN I get out of here, you’re DEAD! No—No, you’re going to wish you were dead, once I’ve started with you—you—

ATKINSON: [He walks around the desk and approaches.] Are you quite done?

[Ezra gears up to spit in his face, but Atkinson grabs his jaw and jerks his head to the side with his good eye.]

ATKINSON: You do not frighten me. I have killed pirates far more formidable than you. If I am a snake, as you claim, then you are the vermin I am meant to eradicate. Now. You have something I want.

EZRA: You already have the Eye.

ATKINSON: What kind of pirate are you, traveling with a British soldier? It must be against your Code. [Clicks his tongue and shakes his head.] Well, the poor boy will be glad to know that an Act of Grace is waiting for him upon his return home.

EZRA: Simon? [He grins.] Simon isn’t coming back to you, you idiot. That’s your own fault!

ATKINSON: Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

EZRA: Don’t quote scripture at me, you fool. Who are you to take on the role of God?

ATKINSON: I am His humble servant.

EZRA: HA! Humble.

[Atkinson lands a rough punch in Ezra’s gut, and Ezra’s knees buckle despite himself. Long hair falls in front of his face. Again, he pulls against the soldiers’ grip and growls in Atkinson’s face.]

EZRA: You’ve disowned Simon, and he’s disowned your family name. Your lineage will die with you, old and alone on your hollow estate, and I will piss on your grave, and—

ATKINSON: I’ve had quite enough of this. Get him out! [Shooing motion.]

EZRA: [Has begun to be dragged back to the door, heels dragging.] —your faithful son will be known not as an Atkinson but as a pirate, and a genius, and the only fond memories he will look back on are those of his mother—

[A pale hand grabs a crystal skull. Ezra stops and gapes as Atkinson hurls the skull towards him, just too high to miss his head. The skull thumps against the wall and cracks, and Atkinson is seething, pale face tinted red, blonde hair falling out of place, blue eyes swirling with rage. The skull breaks when it hits the ground.

Ezra is silent for a moment, and the soldiers look almost frightened. Then, Atkinson composes himself and waves them off. Ezra grins, wildly, and starts to laugh, as he’s dragged back out of the room.]

[topazthecat]

RFP - Ti-Grace Atkinson - Rad Fem 101, discussed by Marian Rutigliano.

[thoughtportal]

“What’s at stake is the question of authority,” Johnston wrote in “The Unhappy Spectator.” She had spent a decade becoming a charismatic representative of artistic assaults on charisma, celebrating new styles of dance whose everyday gestures—walking, lying down, picking up and dropping things—risked boredom and offense. Like the artists she championed, Johnston’s methods could be sexy, aggressive, annoying, or enraging. She would goad or seduce her audiences into responsiveness. She wrote the instruction: wrestle her to the floor.

Authority—who wields it and how—was also the question at stake for feminism and gay liberation. Around 1970, Johnston reinvented herself as a jolly militant and lesbian prankster, charming and irritating her sisters by turns. She derailed a Ti-Grace Atkinson speech by propositioning Atkinson from the audience; she derailed an East Hampton fundraiser by undressing poolside and swimming laps. Like the performance reviews that preceded them, these antics were often trivialized as mere mischief. In a prescient 1960 column about a program of Happenings, Johnston preempted such criticisms: “It was serious because it came out of a thoughtful revolt against a world in chaos that was pretending order.” 

[santaclaushohoho1]

this stupid person who thinks that bigotry will save the world, another radfem who thinks the path to liberation involves treating trans women but abusive men treat women, yeah let's use hate as a tool, thatll fix everything. you use the same fucking rhetoric as trump and the rest of the right wing fascists. great job! you did it! you managed to make a well known republican, sexist, violent, and bigoted opinion sounds radical and leftist! unfortunately, you forgot about the part where in order to be a real feminist you have to ACTUALLY be radical and leftist. you wouldnt have even been radical in the 1950s. emma goldman would have spat on you. ti-grace atkinson would have punched you. shulamith firestone wouldn't speak to you unless she was forced. i hope every single one of those names hurt you because it means you recognize, and if you didnt recognize those names I wouldn't even entertain a debate you, an argument, and quite frankly id just block you if you respond with even a hint of ignorance as to who those women are. fuck you. you wanna be radical left so use required critical thinking skills to think about what youre saying. you are DENYING SOMEONES FUCKING IDENTITY! im going to show up your house and tell you youre not a vegan or a woman. youre actually a man who loves meat. im gonna tell you this shit over and over again and then when you argue im going to make laws to fuck over vegans so you realize that youre delusional and actually love meat. you are a different kind of fucking miserable. i hope you discover joy one day because right now youre the type of person who's going to lay on a hospital bed with a single card on your bedside table written the doctor telling you to get well. fucking fix yourself.

Just notice, how every female-exclusive space soon turn the rules to "non-binaries, transgenders, dogs, parrots, everyone is welcome" while male spaces, stay for males only. We women should STOP sacrificing our space, we should stop being afraid of speaking up, we should stop reducing our body, we should stop being our last priority, all for the sake of not hurting men's feelings. This is not inclusion, it's misogyny with a mask, hidden behind the name of representation.

[joshuawithers]

Being a friend

John Gruber tells the story of Bill Atkinson’s battle (that has not finished yet) with cancer:

“In addition to being a genius programmer, he’s by all accounts a kind and generous person. Everyone was (and remains to this day) in awe of his skills, but they remember him best for being a friend.”

As a human, a man, a husband, and a father, I often (let’s be honest, almost always) get tied up with the worry and fear about work and business, earning money, and making good financial decisions.

Keeping a good professional reputation in the desperate hope and prayer that another couple would find me and book me for their wedding.

Staying in the good graces of wedding venues, wedding planners, the different algorithms and industry blogs and publications.

But I swear if I get to the end of my days and you, Britt, and my children can’t remember me best for being a friend then it was all for nought.

I’m sorry if I’ve missed the mark on our friendship, it’s honestly all I really want from these few fragile moments we have together on this pale blue dot in the universe.

[radical-ramblings]

"feminism is the theory, lesbianism is the practice". this quote from ti-grace atkinson sums up what political lesbianism is and why it's at odds with female homosexuality. lesbians would and do exist entirely absent from any feminist knowledge whatsoever.

[thatsonemorbidcorvid]

“Men often threaten feminists that, if we're not careful, men will organize. They already are. It's called the Establishment.”

- Ti-Grace Atkinson, Amazon Odyssey

[judeesill]

inb4 someone hits me with the OK THEN WHAT SHOULD WE BE READING???

for starters

The Dialectic of Sex - Shulamith Firestone

Firebrand Feminism: The Radical Lives of Ti-Grace Atkinson, Kathie Sarachild, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and Dana Densmore - Breanne Fahs

Backlash - Susan Faludi

Without Apology: the Abortion Struggle Now - Jenny Brown

Daring to be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975 - Alice Echols

it’s amazing how radblr has invented whole cloth a canon of “radical feminist” thought that has almost nothing to do with any movement history and draws almost exclusively on a bunch of bloggers and like, five books, only half of which are by even self-proclaimed radical feminists