Kanye West's Full Frontal, God-Complex Attack on Poor Women Is A Gift to Trump

Finally, a truthful, fair and balanced article about the reality of bipolar disdorder on the person who has it -- Kanye West, in this case; -- the spouse or partner -- Kim Kardashian; and the community at large.

Haven Kimmel, writing for Vanity Fair, addresses Kanye's community of enablers; those who judge Kim K (boy, have I been reading those comments, that this is her fault for not understanding and supporting Kanye's brilliance); and collateral damage to the community at large

In this case, that community would be women generally -- now that Planned Parenthood is Kanye West's boogey man (This extension is my own view, not the author's).

Poor women, in particular, are the innocent victims of Kanye's wrath, since PP is the primary source of health care for poor women in America, at a time when abortion is at an all-time low.

As someone who knows this bipolar condition very well and the total devastation it can wreak untreated on family as a daughter and in marriage as a wife (a common transition statistically), I have plunged into despair listening to Kanye West become the self-appointed God in charge of women's bodies this week.

What's sadder is to watch his fans and friends behave as if "poor Kanye" is the only focus of community concern. And that Kim K is somehow responsible for this situation, and now white women, in particular, with our embrace of so-called racial genocide in our support for Planned Parenthood.

Note that many men and women on Kanye's Twitter are pushing back against his attacks. I want to acknowledge that fact.

Poor women can barely support living in Trumplandia with their existing children. For Kanye West to wield his metaphorical axe against them in his own public spectacle is borderline too much to handle.

Kanye West has no right, no business telling women to have as many babies as possible. It IS NOT HIS BUSINESS.

Creatives are particularly unwilling to accept treatment for the disease, believing that anything that threatens to diminish creativity is not acceptable to them. And protecting their genius is more important than destroying the lives of others, in the eyes of many modern people.

Kanye's roadkill counts for NOTHING. And if I read one more article from a health professional who writes all about how we must support Kanye and find compassion WITHOUT mentioning this larger issue of his victims, I will spit tacks, if you get my drift.

This article is fair, balanced and digs deeper than most I've read. ~ Anne

ADL Issues First Report Documenting Intersection Of Misogyny and White Supremacy (Copy)

Changing social norms are powerful inspirations for misogyny in the far right, new research claims ( Reuters )

Misogyny is a key element of the so-called alt-right movement and there is a strong link between men’s rights activism and white supremacy, a report has found.

The Anti-Defamation League’s report argues hatred of women is a “dangerous and underestimated component of extremism”. 

The research – titled 'When Women are the Enemy: The Intersection of Misogyny and White Supremacy' – found the increasingly popular narrative of white men as victims of feminism has been a key driving force behind the misogyny which has become rife in far right movements.

“Misogyny has the potential to act as a gateway into the white supremacist world,” Jessica Reaves, the report’s author who is an expert at the league’s Centre on Extremism, said.

“The hatred and resentment of women voiced by groups like involuntary celibates and men’s rights activists is disturbingly similar to white supremacists’ hatred of minorities. And some white supremacists, especially those on the alt-right, use the same degrading, violent anti-woman rhetoric we hear coming from misogynist groups.”

The Anti-Defamation League – a Jewish NGO based in the US which fights antisemitism and all forms of bigotry -- found a strong connection between men's rights activism and incel (short for "involuntarily celibate") language and the perpetuation of rape culture and violence against women who refuse men their "rightful" sexual experiences. 

“When we see the vile hatred that comes out of the white supremacist movement, we immediately and rightly call out this hatred as a dangerous threat. The hateful and sometimes violent rhetoric of misogynist groups should be treated no differently,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the chief executive and national director of the league, said.

“Increasingly, the tropes and themes used by misogynists to describe women and their place in the world are no different than those used by many white supremacists.”

The report marks the first time the Anti-Defamation League has investigated misogyny as a component of extremism. 

Reaves told The Independent the link between misogyny and white supremacy was not surprising to her but the organisation thought it was important to open the wider public's eyes to it.

"The inherently anti-woman culture of the alt-right makes it a welcoming space for misogynists who are interested in white supremacist ideology," she said.  "There are also factions in the alt-right that are less overt in their expressions of white supremacy – it’s there, but swathed in white polo shirts and khakis, rather than swastikas or Klan hoods. That makes them appealing to misogynists who may just be testing the waters."

Explaining how people on alt right forums perpetuate rape culture, she added: "There’s a profoundly anti-woman undercurrent to many white supremacist/alt right online exchanges, and that can easily veer from disrespect into the full-on promotion of violence, including rape. This is even more evident if you visit incel and MRA boards, where anger towards and hatred of women is the primary focus – and participants celebrate and encourage misogynist violence."