Every 28 days or so we find ourselves feeling a little bloated and cranky and

homicidal and we realize it's that time of month when we visit our favorite

website every day feminism. Every day feminism is the site where left

wingers give each other the kind of advice that would really improve the world.

If the world were the planet Zarghan where everything is different than it is

here in reality. This month on every day feminism there's a post entitled

Nine phrases allies can say when called out instead of getting defensive by

Sam Finch. Allies is a leftist word meaning someone who pretends to sympathize

with someone who pretends to be marginalized. It might be a why-to sympathizes

with minorities in the hopes they won't mug him or a man who sympathizes with

feminists in the hopes of having sex. You can usually recognize that sort of

ally by the frustrated disappointed look on his face. Part of the fun of being

an ally is that the people you sympathize with generally hate you. They're always

calling you out which means they accuse you of secretly harboring hostile or

politically incorrect thoughts about them. This is great because who wouldn't want

to be in a relationship with someone who's always criticizing you. I know that's

what I love more than anything. I also dig chicks who put their cigarettes out on

my thigh. It's just kind of a thing with me. In his post Sam Finch says quote and

all these quotes are real. Being called out can be a gift as it calls on us to

rise up and do better to tap into our empathy and do the serious and critical

work of interrogating our own beliefs and biases. Now I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking you are a sad little man Sam Finch. A sad sad little little man.

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