Amanda Claypool

Commentary about a chaotic and rapidly changing world

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

The paradox of the feminist girlboss:

Feminists are liberals and liberals hate the billionaire capitalist class.

Therefore, feminists hate the billionaire capitalist class.

Feminists defend the social prestige of being a girlboss.

Which means feminists are defending the right to be employed by (or start businesses for the benefit of) the billionaire capitalist class they vehemently hate.

They're actively going to college, getting into debt, and seeking out employment that they claim underpays them.

Feminist girlbosses are perpetuating the very system that is oppressing them.

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

I don't know how women that are sisters to brothers, daughters to fathers, aunts to nephews, or wives to husbands could hate men.

Yes, there are bad apples out there (there are also bad women out there).

But if you hate men, that also requires you to hate your own flesh and blood.

We've gotten to a point where we no longer disavow men for their actions. We fundmaentally loathe an entire sex for their existence.

This must end.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

Question for women: what do you hate most about men, and what's the worst example of typically male behavior you can remember? Non-criminal division. Asking unironically.

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

I don't know how women that are sisters to brothers, daughters to fathers, aunts to nephews, or wives to husbands could hate men.

Yes, there are bad apples out there (there are also bad women out there).

But if you hate men, that also requires you to hate your own flesh and blood.

We've gotten to a point where we no longer disavow men for their actions. We fundmaentally loathe an entire sex for their existence.

This must end.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

Question for women: what do you hate most about men, and what's the worst example of typically male behavior you can remember? Non-criminal division. Asking unironically.

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

More on how this will impact society here: https://t.co/IWAuT1a6bC

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

Several of these positions are majority occupied by college-educated (liberal feminist) women.

Pay close attention to this dynamic. These women are not going to reskill. They're going going to learn a trade or suddenly dive into caretaking.

They're going to rebel and demand Uncle Sam takes care of them.

We're already seeing this with the election of Mamdani in New York. Socialism will metastasize to take care of the newly unemployed.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

AI's labour market with most exposed jobs that AI can perform:

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@IAPolls2022 I wonder how much of this shift is a direct result of what happened on September 10.

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@JillFilipovic Nah. It was her husband coding an entire website for her to use.

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@triggerpod @KonstantinKisin AI could kill us by doing the very thing we ask it to do -- solve a complex problem.

The scenario given in If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies is a good illustration of how this could happen: https://t.co/zil38zNDsT

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@JessPected This was years ago when I was working my big girl clicky clack office job. My male boss wouldn't approve my PTO request 🤷‍♀️ because, ya know, patriarchy.

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

My mom needed to put a new roof on the house but couldn't afford it.

She bought the materials and her church sent a crew of men over to her house to install it.

Why didn't any women show up?

Women, you can do manual labor too, even though you have email desk jobs!

@emilykmay thoughts?

[emily may @emilykmay]

as a recipient of meal trains after baby's births and other surgeries, I can confirm that 85% of the meals were made by women and a good chunk of those women were working full time.

men, you can do these gestures too, even though you have jobs!

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@p1huycke @emilykmay My gosh that sounds horrible! I hope you don't dine out ever. I'd hate to be a woman spending money on dining at such establishments only for my hard earned cash to continue perpetuating abuse and patriarchal oppression!

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@SouthsideTilly @Amila_KR @emilykmay They must have stopped teaching computer literacy.

On Mac, a screenshot is Control + Shift +4.

Here's the rest of the post.

And the link for the essay affiliated with this post: https://t.co/IWAuT1a6bC

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@StefanMcGrath @emilykmay If women get harassed everywhere they're employed, why bother working in the first place?

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@boringbunny @emilykmay This was back in 2017 when I was working my girlboss clicky clack email job. I put in a PTO request to go help, but you know, it got denied because #patriarchy 🤷‍♀️

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@SouthsideTilly @Amila_KR @emilykmay And if the data/statistics doesn't account for female teachers abusing boys?

Just because it isn't reported...doesn't mean it isn't happening...

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

Fair point. I'm talking about people engaged in the profession of cooking and earn a salary in return.

I'm not talking about high paying celebrity chefs. Fair critique to call that out.

That being said, 75-80% of those employed in the profession of cheffing are men. If cooking is a domestic duty for women, why do so few women pursue it as a profession that commands a salary?

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@Amila_KR @SouthsideTilly @emilykmay

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@clguffey @emilykmay I went on several missions trips that were mixed gender. The men leading the group even let me use power tools -- imagine that.

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@PamelaLeibfried @emilykmay Or could it be that....*gasp* women don't want to get their hands dirty?

So they bar themselves from pursuing the trades

P.S. Fair point on "old school dads" teaching their sons home repair skills. But in the year 2026 of our Lord, may I introduce you to YouTube University?

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

You mean to tell me the guys cooking in the diner around the corner from me are "prestigious, artistic, and demanding?"

I'm talking about the profession of cooking, not celebrity chefs working in 3-star Michelins.

I'd be curious to know if Julia Childs would agree that her career was little more than "chore like work" 🧐

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

Habitat for Humanity is "a pool of random volunteers."

A church congregation is not.

Many of the men are highly skilled. Some run their own construction businesses. And you see them weekly so you have a pre-existing relationship with them.

This is what a ministry is. Churchfolk love to minister and serve.

Go check out a church. Their kindness, generosity, and aptitude might surprise you.

[Amanda Claypool @_amandaclaypool]

@moonbeamer6 @emilykmay Who said it was a job? Or that I do it full time?

You don't know what I do offline, in physical reality.