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The World’s Manga Love Affair Is Just Beginning

Eric Margolis

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The era of mainstream manga has already arrived in the U.S. in full force. Popular titles, old and new, high-brow and low-brow, line bookstore shelves and dominate American comics sales.

While manga accompaniments of top-selling anime from Naruto to Attack on Titan have long been huge American hits, the manga market is expanding in substantial ways into untrodden territory: pulpy, niche genre comics and experimental, literary graphic novels alike. The simultaneous explosion in these twin areas in recent years reveals the genre’s greatest strengths, fundamental market flaws, and the mind of the American manga consumer. Holistically, manga’s long-growing ascendancy has brought two cultural worlds closer together than ever before, exposing orientalism on the American side as well as some unsavory, politically charged aspects of Japanese society.

Just how much has manga grown recently? A lot. Manga sales in the US grew 44% from 2019 to 2020 and are responsible for an 80% growth in graphic novel sales in 2021. These trends are aided by more publishers simply supplying more manga, and a greater diversity of it. This year, popular manga in America include fantasy adventures, gay love stories, gory battle showdowns, lewd peep-fests, sports competitions, and much, much more.

Some of this fandom is fueled by manga’s serial format, which provides abundant opportunities for in-depth characterization and slow-burning plots, like The Sopranos can do in six seasons compared to a one-off film. Many of my favorite manga series, like Hunter x Hunter and The New Gate, take full advantage of this format to indulge in intricate worldbuilding and satisfy fan desires to spend time getting to know characters and settings.

Then there’s the art. People who think of flashy hair colors and jumbo eyes don’t know the half of it: even manga that aren’t particularly praised for their drawings can feature beautiful scenes, highly-stylized action, and sharply depicted moments of intimacy. And that’s hardly to mention those manga that are iconic for their mind-bogglingly intricate, experimental, and gorgeous drawings, like Uzumaki and Berserk. Manga means well-drawn, carefully-plotted stories in every genre and flavor for any demographic—so it’s no surprise to me or anyone watching the industry that a fiction-crazed market in the U.S. would catch on.

Mega-hits like Demon Slayer getting exported to America is only one of the two ways that manga arrive on Western shores. The other comes from the enormous efforts of devoted online fans, who scour the web for new manga and (illegally) translate and upload works they like on various fan websites. Large and small manga US-based publishers essentially follow the crowd, acquiring and licensing official translations of titles that have already achieved, or are on the brink of achieving, large online followings. Manga posted on scanlation websites such as Manangelo receive millions, tens of millions, and sometimes hundreds of millions of views.

This diverse field only emerged in the U.S. over years of growth. “Manga exploded in the States beginning in the mid-90s when publishers stopped trying to slot it into the comic book market and instead positioned manga as part of a growing graphic novel niche in the trade book industry,” said Andrea Horbinski, a researcher of manga at the University of Berkeley.

“The key here is that when publishers were trying to position manga in the comics market, they were bringing over titles that they thought would appeal to comics fans: overwhelmingly white and male... [When publishers] also started bringing over manga that appealed to much wider demographics, namely girls and women, and inadvertently discovered a huge, largely untapped audience.” Fans during this period of time fell in love with Japanese comics because they told types of stories that simply didn’t exist in the West.

Some of the reasons for manga’s international success are obvious: they were new kinds of good stories. Think about it: imagination-sparking fantasy comics written for young women and girls, which even better, came along with anime adaptations, video games, and tons of high-quality merchandise. Thriving communities from Japan also produced all sorts of fan content that could now be shared and translated over the emerging Internet.

In Japan, genre diversity is even higher, with a large portion of manga marketed not just to kids, teenagers, or video game-obsessed shut-ins, but also to salarymen, independent 30-somethings, housewives, and even the elderly. This is a veritable spring of potential manga for international publishers to acquire and translate, and because the English-speaking world has largely only shown interest in manga appealing to teenage boys and girls until now, a huge reservoir of more adult manga remains untranslated. Manga benefits from being a more varied literary tradition than American comics or graphic novels because it includes more genres and covers more demographics over more years.

In contemporary manga, editors play a significant role. While sometimes original manga will get published as is, more often, there is a tug-of-war between editor and mangaka. “Editors request various characters and themes from mangaka to make magazines and books more attractive,” says Shohei Yoshida, a manga editor at Kodansha. “Plots are rarely decided without some kind of back-and-forth.” As in all industries, the market rules the day. Therefore, themes and tropes that drive sales in Japan will also drive the literature in both Japan and abroad. Horror used to be more popular ten years ago, but today, isekai (fantasy in another world) is by far the dominant genre.

These genre fads are another major reason that manga has become so popular in the U.S. Dedicated fandoms obsess over specific genres. One of these is isekai, where after death, the protagonist is reincarnated in a fantasy world modeled after popular RPG video games. A variety of stories can spring up, but in general, the young male hero gains incredible powers, vanquishes monsters, and meets a wide variety of sexy women. Another surging genre in both countries is yaoi, or boys’ love, focusing on male homosexuality for a female audience. These manga tend to revolve around a seme (the dominant masculine top) and an uke (the cute, shy bottom) and the stories develop with recognizable relationship and sex tropes.

Both of these genres are representative in that they are driven by fans and doujinshi (or self-published print works). In the case of isekai, fans post fantasy stories on novel-posting websites. Stories that blow up get acquired by publishers and turned into novels. Popular novels are turned into manga. It all starts with the fandom.

“The doujin part of manga fandom drives what's professionally published in Japan and thus what gets translated and published in the States,” says Horbinski. “Since the 1970s, the doujin sphere is where major trends in manga and other parts of the contents industry have frequently originated, and it's the reason that the absolutely wild variety of niche manga about things like food have arisen in the past decade or so.”

Some of these niche genres take tropes to a whole new level. Readers are so familiar with tropes that you end up with manga that are essentially meta commentary on meta commentary. A good example of this is an untranslated but highly popular boys’ love manga that roughly translates as “A 100% Boys’ Love World vs. a 0% Boys’ Love Guy.” The main character is fed through every preexisting boys’ love plot and character trope imaginable as he struggles to remain straight. It’s fan service in the purest sense: the entire manga only exists by appealing to the inside-knowledge of a fandom.

These fan urges are not always pleasant, but they make the whole machine hum. Readers that stumble into manga will often find themselves surprised by the sheer number of tropes. The same thing happens to new fans of anime, who will be puzzled at the intricate superpowers of protagonists, which have five different rules and four different stages, or at why so much artistic attention needs to be devoted to female characters’ breasts. Some of these tropes will be enough to turn certain readers off. But as we’ve seen, the quality of art, the quality of storytelling, and the diversity of the stories available have been enough to win out some of the stranger and thornier aspects of mainstream manga.

Simultaneously, manga is also developing outside of Japan in a polar opposite direction: literary and alternative manga have continued to gain momentum. Titles like this year’s translation of Yoshiharu Tsuge’s The Man Without Talent have had impressive commercial success for a literary comic. The Man Without Talent contains artful drawings, poetic storytelling vignettes, and the self-deprecating tale of a philosophical middle-aged man failing to support his family. It was originally published in the 1980s, but is still capable of catching readers’ eyes today.

Yoshiharu Tsuge translator Ryan Holmberg points out that some of the manga that are positioned as “literary” or “alternative” in the US have massive followings in Japan. “Part of the success of The Man Without Talent was that it reads very easily as a graphic novel in an English language context,” says Holmberg.

Publishers have embraced this genre, led by Drawn & Quarterly, which have brought over numerous alternative manga into English. Smaller publishers are pursuing the genre as well, for example, Glacier Bay Books in Oregon and Breakdown Press in London. Many of these alternative manga fit into the tradition of Garo, a manga anthology magazine founded in 1964 that specialized in avant-garde manga. Many notable manga artists came through Garo, and although it was never a huge commercial success in Japan, the experimental art and stories left a long-lasting influence on comics in Japan and around the world.

Glacier Bay’s recent publication, Children of Mu-Town by Masumura Jūshichi, is a good example of a literary manga title. Per Glacier Bay’s website, “Stylistically intermingling themes of gentrification and rebirth within the setting of a classic yakuza crime drama, Children of Mu-Town follows the course charted by youths of an aging residential housing complex who are struggling for their lives.” These manga are thematically sophisticated and stylistically experimental. And while it’s a tough bet for publishers of any size to shoot for more than 5,000 or so sold copies of these types of manga, the genre is clearly expanding in the U.S.

“As the general manga readership has continued to expand and diversify, we’re seeing a similar trend on a smaller scale with a growth of interest in more unusual and artistic works,” says Emuh Ruh, editor at Glacier Bay. “I think readers come to our titles not necessarily knowing what to expect, but looking for works that are bold and impactful, unusual in subject matter and style and yet startlingly beautiful.”

Some readers of alternative manga come from the U.S. graphic novel space, a few from the popular manga space, and still others from a generalized interest in Japanese culture and literature, which has also seen huge strides outside of Japan recently with authors besides Haruki Murakami producing bestsellers and winning major awards alike, such as Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman and Yu Miri’s Tokyo Ueno Station.

This world of literary manga is in style and content so far removed from that of trope-heavy genre manga that it appeals mostly to a different readership altogether. And yet both are manga, and there’s no shortage of stories that bridge the gaps between artfully told stories and more generic romance and adventure.

Japan’s cultural cache of cool also plays a significant role in drawing in readers. While some hardcore anime and manga fans visit Japan because they love anime and manga, many others, including myself, fell into manga the other way around. Traveling to Japan and seeing the spectacular attention to detail paid in crafts, architecture, and a rich printing and literary culture kicked off my own relationship with manga. Even though I’m most interested in literature and storytelling, the first thing I fall in love with in a manga is the artwork, because it is most evident of this unique brand of Japanese craftsmanship. A high-quality manga is a three-dimensional literary body that synchronizes visual art, plot, and character dialogue towards achieving an ultimate effect. Iconic manga like Akira and Oyasumi Punpun are regarded as masterpieces for this very achievement.

Along those lines, manga has a pull that has to do with ideas of “authentic Japanese culture.” Western TV shows styled after anime like Castlevania or Avatar: The Last Airbender are still clearly Western. Falling into a story that is authentically Japanese—cultural bugs, tropes, and all—appeals to the urge many have to expand their cultural horizons and experience a different kind of storytelling, or to visions of Japan as a monocultural, perfectionist, craftsman universe. (Others are in it for the titties.)

But this notion of cultural authenticity is simply untrue: Walt Disney was a major influence on Osamu Tezuka, the godfather of manga, and countless mangaka since then have cited influences from all over the world. In anime, a lot of artwork has been outsourced to Korea for years and years. Japanese cultural hegemony or superiority has been proven a myth many times over. But there’s also no doubt that the deeply ingrained culture around manga within Japan is an essential force producing so many fantastic stories.

Challenges for artists and publishers in both countries abound. Yoshida expressed concerns about the talent pipeline in the digital manga environment. “The types of entertainment that can be produced by one person is expanding, so we have a production problem that the number of aspiring mangaka is decreasing and it is difficult to supply assistants,” says Yoshida. “The so-called “snack culture” [of reading short web manga] is growing in the younger generation, and the culture of enjoying fully-developed stories is on the decline.”

On the publishing side, any profit-oriented company will strictly veer towards the manga that have any hope of selling 5,000+ copies: typically those that have already built-up fan communities. The dominant position of fans, however, has further resulted in pitched battles with translators and publishers that have popped up in recent years over accusations of censorship, such as when a Seven Seas translation of the isekai novel Mushoku Tensei seemed to alter material to make a character less politically incorrect.

No small number of these manga and novels wade into sticky issues, like rape and slavery, and more than a few of them sexualize minors and depict uncomfortably large age gaps in relationships. After political backlash last year, Amazon removed a number of popular titles from its website (notably the super-popular title No Game No Life) over material that, while technically not violating Amazon’s policies, came dangerously close to doing so. No Game No Life was also banned in Australia for violating a clause concerning the depiction of minors.

We can say that manga’s full-fledged entrance into the U.S. books market has forcefully tossed all aspects of Japanese comics culture into the American mainstream. That means relentless fan service, horny men, and busty women. It also means carefully crafted ongoing stories, experimental artwork, and brilliantly executed themes. Much of the time, these poles exist within the same work. (Anime fans will know this from watching Neon Genesis Evangelion.) It means Japanese cultural supremacy. Narrow profit margins, the precarious nature of book publishing, and the relentless fan thirst for more manga have made it challenging for smaller U.S. publishers to adequately parse these complex issues when keeping up with the growing American market.

Manga, by serving as the source material for anime, is perhaps the single most powerful force driving Japanese culture into the rest of the world other than food. For a writer like myself, manga means a sophisticated storytelling and artistic mode that is made in Japan but multicultural in origin. It’s a mode that is roughly cobbled together from common influences, deep storytelling, unique art styles, and tropes and cliches. It’s a mode that not only produces a unique form of page-turning entertainment, but also can and should inspire new modes of art and storytelling around the world in turn.

Manga has caught fire commercially abroad, but has plenty more to give. For the first time, the English-speaking world is bearing witness to all the sides of Japanese literature: its most sophisticated, its most frivolous, its most dangerous, and its most enjoyable.

Eric Margolis

Eric Margolis is a writer and translator based in Nagoya, Japan. He translates novels, memoirs, short fiction, and poetry, and his writing has been published in The New York Times, The Japan Times, Vox, Eclectica Magazine, River River, and more.

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Happy Canada Day 2021

Canadian Flag flying proudly over beaver dam – Lake Nipissing area

This Canada Day we will be staying home having a Barbeque – hopefully enjoying some warm weather. We celebrate Canada Day on July 1st each year to commemorate the July 1, 1867 enactment of the British North America Act.

I thought I would share a few Canadian Flag pictures. I am thankful for the thoughtful person that placed the Canadian flag over this beaver dam! I love a good pun so I am thankful for beaver dams as well. I was going to make the title “Have a Dam Good Canada Day”, but thought better of it.

The beaver has been a symbol of Canada for a long time, but the National Symbol of Canada Act was not passed by Parliament until 1975. “An Act to provide for the recognition of the Beaver (Castor canadensis) as a symbol of the sovereignty of Canada

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Canadian Flag over a masked Big Apple near Coburg Ontario – 2020

We snapped this picture while driving to Ottawa last year, and loved the masked Big Apple – a local tourist attraction.

Canada Day billboard – Biggar Saskatchewan – 2020

The Canada Day billboard in Biggar Saskatchewan – where the town motto is “New York is big, but this is Biggar.”

Canadian Flag on a hockey stick on the back of a pickup truck

The above picture is not clear at all, as the gentleman driving the pickup truck ahead of us was speeding SOO much, but nevertheless I loved the idea of the Canadian Flag hanging from a hockey stick on the back of a pickup truck.

Canadian Flag over geraniums on a dock
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Happy Canada Day and happy summer!

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Christmas is a wonderful time of year. But let’s be honest, most of us spend nearly all of November and December picking, panicking and choosing something to get our loved ones.

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Happy shopping!


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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Hurry Up and Wait

Just got back from my follow-up with Dr. King. The good news is everything looks great. My vocal cords are bruised (totally normal under the circumstances), but other than that they are peachy. Getting that bloody scope up my nose was an ordeal, but that's never going to change. He told me today that I've got the most difficult sinuses to navigate of any person he's ever seen. Lucky me! That explains why I am also the best patient because I tolerate the pain so well. Again, lucky me...

He tested their function and both sides are moving normally with no indication of scarring. The way he checked that was to have me sing a long "eeee" and with a strobe light he captured the cords' movement. The strobe allows you to see the cords undulating together. If you didn't use the strobe they would appear to be stationary because they were moving at a rate of about 210 cycles (hertz) per second (that's the pitch I was hitting so it would vary accordingly). The undulation reminds me of a stingray moving through the water. If the tissue scarred that rippling effect would be impaired and that would be a very, very bad thing.

The somewhat bad news is he wants me to see me again and in the meantime he wants me to continue to rest my voice by speaking very little. He also said I have to refrain from singing until that appointment which is about ten days before the Swallow Hill show. I have no doubt I will be able to perform for that show provided I take care of my voice in the meantime. Seeing as that is my number one priority in life right now, it shouldn't be a problem.

The quality of my voice as far as I can tell is completely normal. Neither Tom nor I hear anything unusual and the hoarseness is gone. It's starting to sink in that the surgery really was a success. I bought a bottle of Demi Sec champagne for New Years, but I might just save it for Swallow Hill.

Monday, December 28, 2009

The Sound of Silence

On Saturday afternoon, I decided it was time to break the silence of my vocal rest. Dr. King told me to rest for at least 48 hours. I think he felt bad that if I went the three to four days he originally prescribed, I wouldn't be able to talk on Christmas. But I didn't want to take any chances so I decided to go the full four days.

As it came time to speak, I found myself increasingly nervous about it. My throat felt completely normal, but I kept wondering if my voice would be drastically different or really rough. After all, I'd just had a few sections of my vocal cords toasted with a laser. The damage wouldn't be healed in only four days. Still, I was a little surprised when I did speak to hear how hoarse I was, considering how normal I felt. My voice was a little more hoarse than my worst days with the polyp, and it definitely took a bit more effort to speak than usual.

Three days later, it's sounding much improved over the weak, hoarseness of Saturday. Definitely trending in the right direction. Tom thinks it sounds pretty normal, but my perception isn't so rosy because I feel how much effort it takes to talk. I'm trying hard to speak properly, using my support rather than letting the voice box do all the work, particularly if I have to speak with any volume. Even though I'm not talking very much, I feel my voice growing fatigued. I'm sure the muscles in my throat are a bit out of shape, since I've been dealing with the hoarseness for so long and I've also spent a lot of time before the surgery speaking as little as possible in the hopes that vocal rest would help.

It's easy for me to get concerned, as worrying is almost a hobby for me, but I keep telling myself that I've got to give my body time to heal. All I have to do is look at the photo of the finished procedure. It looks like someone put their cigarette out on my vocal cords, complete with a few black singe marks along the edges of the treated areas.

Tomorrow is my follow-up appointment. I'm not looking forward to having that damned scope stuck up my nose again, but I am anxious to see how things are healing. I'm not sure when he'll give me to go-ahead to start singing again. I do know that it's going to be a bit nerve-wracking, though, because I'm going to be hypersensitive to any fatigue, pain, or unusual sound quality for awhile. I can't wait to be able to sing again, but I also don't want to push it and damage my voice.

One thing I've learned in this whole experience is that I'm not alone in having this problem. I just discovered that Rosanne Cash couldn't sing for 2 1/2 years because of a polyp, and the list of artists who have had polyps or nodules is like a "who's who" of great singers. Luciano Pavarotti, Freddie Mercury, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Robert Plant, Bonnie Tyler, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Sarah Brightman, Bette Midler, and many, many others have had nodules or polyps. And then, of course, there's Julie Andrews (whom I consider my first voice teacher thanks to the hours I spent as a child trying to sing "The Sound of Music" note for note, just as she did). Tragically, she lost her ability to sing thanks to a botched surgery on her vocal cords. It's not a club I ever wanted to join, but at least I'm in good company.

For more info on singers with nodules or polyps, check out this Wikipedia page:

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Hit Me With Your Best (Laser) Shot

For the not-so-curious, the short story is that the laser procedure was a success, the chance of the polyp returning and me needing surgery looks slim, and after voice rest followed by a gradual return to speaking and singing, I should be fine.

If that summary left you with questions or, like me, you’re going through “Grey’s Anatomy” withdrawals during the holiday season, read on as I give a detailed account of my vocal polyp removal.

I was diagnosed with the vocal polyp using a procedure called a laryngoscopy. A tube with a fiber-optic camera inside it is threaded through a nostril and down your throat giving the doctor a birds-eye view of your vocal cords. The tube isn’t passive, the doctor is actually able to control the tip, making it flex and bend when needed. The camera’s progress is shown on a large computer monitor and the doctor records the procedure so he can show you video and provide still photos later.

A topical anesthetic, lidocaine, is sprayed up your nose and drips down the back of your throat to deaden the tissue so you don’t feel any pain or gag. The lidocaine is cinnamon scented, but tastes pretty bad, sort of like ingesting some kind of household cleaner. I don’t know why they bother to scent it. It’s kind of a sneaky trick because the scent leads you to think the taste will be pleasant. It’s not.

I suspect the average person having this procedure wouldn't have the sinus discomfort I have, but I'm special (special = cursed). One area of my sinus cavity is extremely narrow, so the challenge was not the procedure, but threading the tube with the fiber-optic camera and laser through my nose. At the time of my first exam, Dr. King had to stuff cotton balls soaked in lidocaine up my nose to deaden the area further. Once it was sufficiently numbed, it was uncomfortable, but not painful getting the tube in. Unfortunately, the scope for the laser procedure was bigger. Last time, we went through the right nostril which in some areas is wider, but is also much more crooked. The left side is straighter. He tried both and eventually made it through the left. Getting the camera in proved to be the greatest challenge in the whole procedure.

It definitely sucks that my sinuses are constructed this way, but I can’t complain too much because that unusual structure may be a significant factor in the quality of my voice. When you sing, your palate, nasal cavities, and bone structure give resonance and color to your tone. I’ve heard of famous singers who needed work on their noses but chose not to have surgery because they were afraid of the effect it would have on their voice. I’ve never liked the looks of my nose, but am learning to value it for reasons other than its appearance. I also have a very keen sense of smell which is both a blessing and curse.

My first exam was done just by the doctor. In comparison, the laser procedure was a party. Tom was there for moral support and sheer curiosity. Dr. King’s assistant was there to provide a second pair of hands and the laser guy (didn’t get his name) was there to man that piece of gear.

Before they inserted the scope, they put a tiny tube through a channel so they could apply lidocaine directly to my vocal cords. That was a strange and slightly unpleasant experience. The doctor had me sing “eeeee” while they dripped the lidocaine. It sounded weird, like gargling, but it also makes you cough as some of the lidocaine gets past the cords and into your windpipe.

Once the vocal cords were deadened, they removed the lidocaine tube from the channel and threaded in a fiber-optic line for the laser. We all had to wear funky glasses during the procedure. I assume it was a safety measure in case the tubing between the laser machine and the scope cracked or somehow there was a release of stray laser beams. I kept expecting to see laser beams shoot out of my mouth, but that never happened (wouldn’t that have been cool!).
At this point, I became a human video game for Dr. King and he got to show off his exceptional shooting skills as he used a foot switch to zap the polyp. He started around the edges and worked his way in until the polyp was completely removed.

The laser guy sure has an interesting job. He carts this expensive machine from one doctor’s office to another, as needed. It looks like a big computer tower and his job, other than to chauffeur it, is to run the machine. The doc tells him the setting he wants and Laser Guy makes it so. Doctor: “Give me 25 watts, 30 millisecond pulse.” Laser Dude: “25 watts, 30 milliseconds, that’s 2 pulses per second.” I felt a little like the warp drive on the Enterprise getting a tune up.

I couldn’t feel the laser pulses on my vocal cords, but I sure could smell them. It smelled more like an electrical fire than what I would imagine burning flesh smells like. I was waiting for the doc to mention something about the smell, but he never did. I assumed everyone could smell it, but I learned later that Tom couldn’t. Maybe the doctor could because he was closest to me, but I suspect I might have been the only one who got to experience that particular element of the procedure.

When Dr. King finished with the polyp, he looked over the cords carefully and saw some suspicious blood vessels on the other cord. He said they looked like possible precursers to polyps so he suggested that we get them, too. I agreed, even though I was starting to feel like the lidocaine was wearing off. Whenever I swallowed, my epiglottis was closing on the tube and it was really starting to bother me. I wasn’t instructed to avoid swallowing, just to try to relax and focus on my breathing, but I did my best not to swallow unless I had to.

When the tube was finally removed, Dr. King asked me how I felt. There was this long, painfully silent moment when all four faces were staring at me and I was thinking “how the hell am I supposed to answer that without talking!” Finally, the doctor realized why I was hesitating and he said it was OK if I talked a little bit. My voice was pretty croaky because it was still numbed out, but it worked. He then proceeded to show me some of the footage, and grabbed some stills to print for me. (Hey, if I’m spending $1,000 I should at least get some pictures to gross out my friends. They aren't bloody, but some folks may find them disturbing so viewer discretion is advised. Keep in mind that this is a view from above and the cords are shown upside down so the right cord is on the left and vice versa. The top two pics are of the polyp prior and during removal; the bottom left shows the area after removal and the suspicious blood vessels on the left cord; and the bottom right photo shows the cords after both sides were treated: http://www.trinitydemask.com/polyp/vocal_polyp_removal_4web.jpg)

Dr. King and Laser Guy (I really should have remembered his name) seemed thrilled at the outcome. Everyone was beaming, and I probably was too, but more from relief that it was over. The polyp was completely removed and it seems doubtful it will come back. The potential for other polyps on the left cord were zapped as well. It hadn’t really sunk in that it appears to have been totally successful, and I won’t really believe it completely until I actually hear the results.

Right now, I’m on voice rest for a few days and I go back in for a follow-up exam next Tuesday to see how it’s healing.

Tom has been taking good care of me, but he’s virtually useless when it come to lip-reading or hand signals. I would never want to be on his team in a game of charades. He also occasionally answers me silently because he forgets that he can talk. It would be frustrating if it wasn’t so hilarious. He’s doing his best, though, and I appreciate the effort. It’s so good to have him home and it’s an enormous relief to finally have this procedure behind me.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Two thumbs up

I've learned that when I can't talk, thumbs up is the most instinctive way for me to say "yes." An enthusiastic "yes" is two thumbs up and I've been using it a lot today. Funny, I never thought I was a "thumbs up" sort of person.

The laser procedure went extremely well and the doc said the prognosis is very good. He also said I was his favorite patient of the day because it went beautifully and I was so good (good = tough). The biggest surprise of the day was the level of discomfort/pain, including the pain I'm in now. Nothing really bad, but definitely unpleasant. I feel like I just caught a nasty virus. My throat hurts, it hurts to swallow, and my sinuses burn and ache. Other than that, I'm doing very well and plan to detail the whole procedure here tomorrow.

Tom was able to watch the whole event so I can relay not only my experience as patient, but his input as an observer. It was a very interesting experience for both of us. I'll fill you in tomorrow.

Thanks again for all the prayers, thoughts, good wishes, and concerns!

The big day has arrived

I'm having the laser procedure to remove my vocal polyp at 1:00 pm today. I'm a little nervous, but mostly anxious to finally be doing something about this problem. This is the closest I've come to surgery since I had my tonsils removed when I was four or five years old. And if the procedure is successful, I won't have to have surgery on this polyp in the coming months.

Tom is finally home after two months with his parents in Illinois and I'm so grateful to have him here with me now. Of course, he's enjoying being home and I'm sure he is looking forward to 3-4 days of absolute silence from me. That reminds me, I have to grab a steno pad before I leave so I have some means of communication.

I'll post again soon to report on the procedure. Wish me luck!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

A silver lining

First of all, I want to thank everyone who emailed or called me with your well wishes. I have been overwhelmed and humbled by your kindness and concern.

It is true that every cloud has a silver lining.

I learned Monday that I am indeed without health insurance. It terminated as of December 1. Great timing, huh? Tom has not been able to get an answer regarding whether we can get COBRA coverage or not because of the buyout of his employer. It looks like I will probably be without insurance until January when Tom goes to work for the new company.

Dr. King's office was ready to schedule the surgery for this week, but I told them I'd have to wait a bit to figure out what to do. Since I didn't know about the insurance problem when I had my exam, I didn't discuss the ramifications of waiting with Dr. King. I also had thought of other questions in the meantime so I arranged for a phone consultation.

He had mentioned when he discovered the polyp that lasers have sometimes been used on polyps. I asked him to elaborate on that comment and he said that because of the size of the polyp it's possible a laser could be used to shrink the blood vessels supplying blood to the polyp. This procedure would be a fraction of the cost of the surgery, and could be done in the office under local anesthesia while I'm awake. No surgical center or anesthesiologist to pay, and no risk of surgical complications like a reaction to the anesthesia or infection. The only risk would be the money for the procedure if it doesn't work. If unsuccessful, I'd still have to have the surgery, but it would be done later after I am healed from the laser procedure and, hopefully, when I have insurance coverage again.

Needless to say, I'm thrilled at this news. I'm not sure when I can schedule the procedure since the laser has to be brought to the facility. I’ll keep you posted as I learn more.

In addition to the laser procedure, I'm also taking a homeopathic remedy supplied to me by homeopath and acupuncturist Joseph Ellerin who is the partner of my friend Galen Williams (founder/owner of the Louisville Clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine). Perhaps the remedy, combined with all the prayers and healing energy being sent my way, will manifest in a miracle, or at least ensure that the laser procedure is 100% successful.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Mystery solved

I've been experiencing some hoarseness and vocal problems for about two months and was finally able to see an doctor (Dr. King at Boulder Valley ENT) for an endoscopy on Friday. We discovered that I have a polyp on one of my vocal cords. It's small, but is unfortunately not something that will disappear with vocal rest. I will have to undergo outpatient surgery to have it removed. At this point, I'm waiting for the doctor's office to schedule the surgery. It's supposed to take place as soon as possible, but I don't know what that means in hospital terms.

Essentially, a vocal polyp is a blood-filled blister. Untreated, it would eventually cause irritation and quite probably a nodule (callous) to form on the opposite cord. It could also enlarge and cause further problems. The surgery involves opening a flap of skin on the polyp, draining it, and closing the flap. Sounds simple, right? It would be if it was on my toe, or just about anywhere else on my body.

Polyps are usually caused by overuse or trauma to the vocal cords (too much talking, singing, or screaming, or singing while sick). While I have certainly abused my voice in the past (singing for 4 hours straight in smokey bars, screaming at concerts, talking over music at parties with friends all night, etc.), I haven't done anything even remotely strenuous in the last few months (or year, for that matter). There is a good chance the polyp may have occurred due to acid reflux, so I'm being treated for that as well. I haven't really had symptoms of it, but apparently, it can often occur without the typical signs of heartburn.

The prognosis for a full recovery is very good. After the surgery, I will have 3-4 days of complete vocal rest and then weeks of voice therapy, gradually speaking a little each day (and I would imagine involving some exercises). I'm unclear at this point exactly how long it will be before I can perform again. Now that I'm over the initial shock, I have more detailed questions to ask Dr. King.

Perhaps more shocking than the diagnoses was the news that I may not have health insurance coverage anymore. Tom is still trying to determine if I'm covered or not. His employer sold the company to another company about the time Tom went to Illinois to help his dad recover from quadruple bypass surgery (he is still there, by the way). His start date at the new company was moved to January and he was told that he would have insurance in the interim, but when he investigated it last week to be sure he discovered that we may have been dropped. When it rains, it pours...

I'll post more information as I get it. In the meantime, I welcome all the crossed fingers, warm thoughts, and prayers you'd care to send my way.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Pantoum who?

Years ago, after winning a poetry award, I decided I should take a poetry class or two and figure out what the heck I was doing. I had come to poetry as an appreciative reader and wrote as such. I wrote poetry like a musician who can't read music, but plays by ear. I obviously had some ability, but no actual knowledge of the art form. The couple classes I took -- one through Colorado Free University and one with Lighthouse Writers -- were very informative and fun. I was challenged to write in styles I didn't even know existed.

To celebrate the season, I thought I'd share one of my assignments. This is the only pantoum I've ever written... so far, anyway. If you don't know what a Pantoum is, see if you can figure out the pattern before you look at the Wikipedia link.

© Trinity Demask

An old friend knocked on my door today,
the screen door thumping in announcement
over the playful, pulsing wind
as it swirled around the house.

The screen door thumping in announcement,
the wind chased its tail
as it swirled around the house
shaking loose the first-browned leaves.

The wind chased its tail
in a cloudless, cobalt sky,
shaking loose the first-browned leaves.
Cool air kissed my cheeks in greeting.

In a cloudless, cobalt sky,
bright against the changing trees,
cool air kissed my cheeks in greeting.
I inhaled deeply of the sweet breath of chimney smoke.

Bright against the changing trees
sunlight streamed in challenged warmth.
I inhaled deeply of the sweet breath of chimney smoke,
and overhead, departing geese chanted good-byes.

Sunlight streamed in challenged warmth
unwilling to relinquish the throne of season
and overhead, departing geese chanted good-byes.
I smiled in remembrance, acknowledging . . .

Unwilling to relinquish the throne of season
the sun blazes despite the crisp arrival.
I smile in remembrance, acknowledging
old friend Autumn knocking on my door.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

"Here" used in promotional video for Boulder business

My song "Here" has been used in a video to promote a Boulder consignment store called Clutter. Metroseen is the company behind the video. They promote local businesses through web videos that introduce you to the owners, their stores, and their merchandise. Metroseen supports local musicians by using their music in the video soundtracks. Check out the video for Clutter by clicking here.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Band Names: The Good, the Not Bad, and the Ugly

Once I suffered through finding a band name that adequately communicated the essence of my music, I found I couldn’t shut the search function off in my head. Tom and I are always listening for phrases that would make a statement as a band name and we often come up with some great ones. Often times, these have already been taken by other bands ("The Untold Story") and they are almost always names that have nothing to do with any music we would ever create ("The Improbability Drive") so they are essentially useless to us. But some of them are pretty damn funny ("Gunky Bob & the Flaming Tumbleweeds") so at least we get a laugh out of it in addition to a little brain exercise.

So, today I’m sitting in the van at the gas station and I notice a banner advertising beer. I came up with "Bud Miller and the Brown Bottle Boys." Eh... It’s worth a smile, but that’s about it. Then, I started thinking about Coors (pisswater, Golden, etc.) and stumbled across this, my favorite band name of the week: "Adolph Coors & the Clear Creek Contaminants"

OK, your turn now. Go...

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Control and excess baggage

I’m a control freak. I admit it. I manage. I over-prepare. Some people think controllers are picky or particular or selfish, that we do what we do because we want things our way. That isn’t the case. Anyone who believes that these controlling tendencies come from a desire to control others for our own gain or to have power over others doesn’t understand the fear that lies behind this compulsion.

When I was a child, my grandmother was ill and my mother would often fly from California to Kansas to see her. I don’t know where this particular fear came from, but I had convinced myself that if I went with my mother, she would be safe, but if she traveled without me there was a good chance she would die in a plane crash. (Morbid child? Me? No!) I didn’t believe that I was some lucky charm to be carried for protection. It was more a sense of responsibility, as if my presence and my attention could thwart danger. Needless to say, I worried the whole time she was gone.

I am amazed at how our bodies store these patterns in our nervous system and how easily the patterns can be triggered when we experience similar stimulus. Our minds seem to have little capacity for managing the body’s response. It isn’t rational and sometimes we’re not even aware that we’ve been triggered. We just know that our body has gone into “fight or flight” mode leaving our stomach in knots, our muscles tight, and our nerves on edge.

That’s where I’m at today. Tom left for Illinois today to visit his family. This is the first trip he’s taken by himself since we’ve been together. Since he insisted on taking this trip alone, I was inclined to let him handle all the preparations himself. But as he began to gather things and pack, I found myself stepping in to assist. I really struggled internally with this compulsion to help, but I felt like a mother whose child was going off to college. It was then that I realized the depth of the fear that drives me to try to control and manage all the minutiae in life. It was as if by ensuring that Tom has every item he needs (or might possibly need) for his trip, I would protect him from harm. It’s an attempt to manage the future by being prepared for any and all possibilities.

This fear-based behavior doesn’t stop with my loved ones. I do the same thing when I take a trip. There is this heavy sense of preparing for the unknown that goes into everything I do from readying the car to packing snacks and reading material. I often have to remind myself that if I forget the toothpaste there are hundreds of places along the way to pick up more. If you saw all that I carry you’d think I was driving into the wilderness or visiting a third-world country.

I’ve always wanted to be someone who travels light, who carries the most minimal of possessions to get by. I wrote the poem below over ten years ago. I suspect it was after I hauled a giant suitcase all over Britain and Ireland for ten days. I’ll never forget dragging that thing up and down stairs on the London Underground. I’m in the process of scheduling a short tour in the fall. I hope by then I will have learned to be a little more trusting of the Universe, relying on my inner tools much more than the “stuff” I pack in the van.

© Trinity Demask

Travel lite, I say,
though I know better as
I stack and stuff the suitcase full
of comfort in every

Just in case, in
the event of improbable situations,
I pack for survival,
for sustenance,
for hope.

Travel lite, free to
roam and wander content
in the faith that
the universe will

My bags grow heavy with
fear and distrust.
How I long to conjure courage
into my suitcase,
fold peace within my backpack
and walk, empty-handed
and full-hearted into life.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

S.J. Tucker's "house concert in a coffee shop"

My friend and fellow song-sister S.J. Tucker (aka Skinny White Chick) is returning to Colorado this weekend. I'm hosting a "house concert in a coffee shop" for her at Super Joe in Superior. The shop is usually closed on Saturday nights, but the owners, Linda and Jon, and generously offered the spacious, air-conditioned venue for S.J.'s show.

S.J. is a force of nature: fabulous voice, inventive guitarist, enchanting songwriter, and consummate storyteller. She can give you chills one minute and have you laughing hysterically the next. I simply cannot recommend her more. If you're in the area, drop by and join us for what is sure to be a most entertaining evening.

The coffee shop will be open for business for house concert attendees, so unlike most house concerts, you can sip a latte, have a delicious sandwich, or a scrumptious pastry while S.J. rocks your world.

Here are the details...

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2009, 7:00 PM
100 Superior Plaza Way, Superior, CO 303-494-1380
$6-15 suggested donation

Super Joe is located on the southeast corner of McCaslin and Highway 36 between Old Chicago and Superior Liquor. Hope to see you there!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Guilty pleasures from my distant past

It’s been a rough week, but I took some time today to tick off some things I’ve perpetually carried on my “to do” list from month to month. These things have no due date. They aren’t tasks so much as research or education. And yes, some things land squarely in the “entertainment” category, but as they are music related and I am a musician, I can call them research. Check out this person’s album, watch this interview, listen to that podcast, and so on.

Today’s “research” involved some guilty pleasures. I had a note to watch a recent Rick Springfield interview. Yes, I was a fan. Still am to some extent, though I can’t stomach the soap opera thing. I also have this weird synchronistic relationship with the man that has become rather amusing over the years. His latest CD (yes, he’s still recording) is called “Venus In Overdrive.” Sound sort of familiar? Anyway, I was looking for this interview and stumbled across a video of him in 1970 with the band Zoot performing an inspired, and strangely Alice Cooper-esque version of "Eleanor Rigby." He was the guitarist of the band, and only sang backing vocals. He was playing a white SG that I’d never seen him play before. I wonder how many of his fans would notice such a thing.

Rick actually had a pretty strong influence on me in one regard. In my early teens, none of my musical idols inspired me to play guitar. They were all singers, with the exception of ELO, and for some bizarre reason I can’t even hazard a guess as to what kind of guitar Jeff Lynne played (I guess I must have been mesmerized by the eternal sunglasses). Rick was the one who made me want to sing AND play guitar. I paid attention to his guitar collection. To this day, when I hear “Jessie’s Girl” it’s that Strat that makes me weak-kneed. Even though the recording sounds incredibly thin and anemic compared to the tones I’m used to, it’s magic for me.

The song “Venus In Overdrive” has one of my favorite guitar tones of all time on it. I’m not wild about the song lyrically, but the guitar groove in the chorus absolutely rocks. Rick always had a knack for writing songs that were built around hooky guitar riffs. One of these days I’m going to write a letter to him to thank him for being my Guitar God in those formative years. And I’m going to ask him how he got that tone. Who knows, maybe he’s never had a fan ask him such a technical question and he’ll respond. If I write it before August 23, I can wish him a happy 60th birthday. Yes, 6-0. Take a peek at his website and see 60 like you’ve never seen it before. In his world, it’s the new 30.

As I was watching these old videos, I remembered that Rick had covered “Life In A Northern Town” which led me to another dark-haired boy that gave me heart palpitations and influenced me musically: Nick Laird-Clowes from The Dream Academy. I googled him to see if he’s still making music and learned that he has been busy with film soundtrack work. He’s also recorded under the name Trashmonk, though there are no tracks on Rhapsody. According to one source, he was to release a CD in 2008, but the only thing on Rhapsody is a film score. I did discover a lengthy interview with him and his DA mates from 1985. Not only were they inventive, mixing classical instruments and an ethereal 60’s vibe to create a unique sound like nothing else on the radio in the 80’s, but they were one of the only bands I was into in those days who used an acoustic guitar. If that wasn’t enough, they were all gorgeous. See for yourself...

I remember racing home to tape the one and only video show on TV before MTV aired, waiting with bated breath to see which artist was next, and hoping it was (fill in the blank). Kids these days have access to libraries of every video ever made on their cell phones! I wonder if they have anything that makes them race home from school. I wonder if they know that kind of anticipation and thrill. I don’t think they’d understand the little shiver of excitement I get when I stumble across something on the web from that era that I haven’t seen before or that I thought I would never see again.

If you ever need a good laugh, search the web for some video or band you thought was really cool back in the day. No doubt you’ll find something that will make you laugh out loud even if it does leave you feeling a little embarrassed for your adolescent self.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

A Midwest mini-tour awaits... I hope

It always amazes me how much time a musician can spend on the computer. For instance, I spent nearly all of today researching acoustic live music venues in a handful of Midwestern states and sending emails out to try to book some shows when I travel through these areas in late July. Many places don’t have websites, or have gone out of business, or don’t have the correct contact info up on their sites.

This sort of work is normally sort of fun for me. I came very close to opening a private investigation business once. I like digging up things on the internet. But in this case, I procrastinated too long and now I’m trying to quickly manage something I should have done two months ago. When will I ever learn?

If any kind souls in the following states have knowledge of nice venues for live music or would like to host a house concert, please drop me an email at trinity@trinitydemask.com. The states I’m traipsing through are: Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

In the immortal words of Dr. Frankenstein...

It's alive! At long last, I have a blog. Wow... hmmm... Surely, I must christen this hallowed space with profound and wondrous prose else I be ridiculed by my peers. Of course, some of these said peers live in their parents' basement and type their blogs in their tighty whities in between sessions of World of Warcraft. That said, I will leave it at this: Thank you for visiting, and please do check back soon. Once I get done playing with all the fonts and text colors available to me here in Bloggerland, I'll endeavor to write something worth reading.


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Business Story

Why this business was started

I decided to make money and sell shopify storest to help people in the best way.As long as I'm doing this,I think I'm going to add something to myself and the people I can help.It's a win-win.I have carefully created my store.I've made the most of it for dropshipping and I've set the settings....

The reason of selling this business

I sell my store to earn revenue.I'm creating Shopify stores and selling them in exchange.After making it the most suitable for dropshipping,I'm offering it for sale....

What's involved in running this business

I created the store with shopify theme.The settings required for dropshipping were made.Products were added from secure vendors.

This business was founded: over 2 years ago
Time to run this business: approximately 16 hours per week

  • Shopify plan

Sale Includes

  • Physical inventory

    Not available for starter stores
  • Logo and branding assets

    I'll help you with the store sale.
  • Personal support after sale

    Six months after.I get the store,I'll definitely help.In any problem that he has problems with,of course,I will help any particular question he may want to change.The goal is not to sell the store,the goal is to contribute to people.
  • Domain

    Not Included
  • Product photos

    I'll help you with the store sale.
  • Social media

    Total followers1subscribers
  • Suppliers

    Not available for starter stores
  • Mailing List

    Not Included

Yaren B.Current store owner
I make and sell shopify dropshipping stores and publish them on exchange.If you like one of my stores,contact me.

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Business Story

Why this business was started

I decided to start an e-commerce business using the dropshipping model as I craved the flexibility to be able to work from anywhere, at any time. Web site design is my hobby. I design a site that makes people feel comfortable and save their time. I have had many successful dropshipping stores in the past and i keep going to make more for the future. My main goal is to make something great for a businessman who is a beginner.

The reason of selling this business

I am selling this business to give a beginner a chance that doesn't have as much experience as me. I like helping entrepreneurs and i like encouraging people to pursue their dreams. This is a shortcut for most.

What's involved in running this business

I would definitely recommend a solid knowledge of facebook and or google ads. Once the ads are set up it is smooth sailing. Finding trusty suppliers was very important to keep a good reputation as well as having time to do the tedious work such as fulfilling orders and customer service.

This business was founded: over 2 years ago
Time to run this business: approximately 12 hours per week

  • Shopify plan

Sale Includes

  • Physical inventory

    Not available for starter stores
  • Logo and branding assets

    Favicon and logo will send via mail.
  • Personal support after sale

    Not Included
  • Domain

    Not Included
  • Product photos

    All product photos seen on the website will remain with the new buyer.
  • Social media

    Not Included
  • Suppliers

    Not available for starter stores
  • Mailing List

    Not Included

ALP C.Current store owner
I am guy who is working on e-commerce stores and have 2 e-commerce website. I create dropshipping stores in profitable niches and personel based store.

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  • Verified revenue and traffic
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  • Dedicated migration team
Learn more

Why use Exchange?

Exchange is the largest and fastest-growing marketplace for Shopify e-commerce stores

Verified listing data

The revenue and traffic data that you see on each listing is pulled directly from its Shopify account. This means that the data has been verified. Exchange reviews and monitors listings for thorough and accurate information.

Secure messaging platform

You will be able to communicate with sellers via a secure messaging platform. After you log in and request information from a listing, sellers are notified and have the ability to respond. When you are ready, you can make an offer.

Encrypted payment capture

Exchange and have partnered together to provide you with safe transactions that have bank encryption, making sure that payment is securely captured. ensures that its users pass verification checks before transactions can proceed.

Take time to inspect the business

Once you submit payment to and the payment has been secured, the funds are held until you confirm that all assets received are as negotiated. You can use the inspection period to ask the seller any extra questions about the business.

Safe store transfer

When the transaction is finalized, the dedicated migration team at Exchange will begin the process of making you the new owner of the store. Buyers and sellers will be notified via an email from the Exchange team once store transfers have been completed.

Post-purchase 24/7 Shopify support

Once you log into your Shopify account for the first time and choose a subscription plan, Shopify Support Gurus are available 24/7 to help you with the settings of the store.


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On victimhood

In this country where everything has to be psychologized, and also used by sociologists, we don’t talk about oppression as a political reality.  Instead we talk about people being victims.  We say so-and-so was victimized.  So-and-so is a victim of rape.  And it’s an alright word, it’s a true word.  If you were raped, you were victimized, you damn well were.  You were a victim, it doesn’t mean you metaphysically in your state of being, are a victim, but it means somebody hurt you, they injured you.  And if it happens to you systematically, because you’re born a woman, it means that you have a political system that uses rape to control you.

Now one of the things that has happened to us is that a whole bunch of people have said, not that we are victims, but that we feel victimized.  We feel it, it’s a state of mind, it’s a state of emotional overreaction.  We feel it.  Not something happened to us, but we have a state of mind that’s bad.  And feminists are responsible for this state of mind because we make women feel victimized.  When we point out that there’s a rape every three minutes, that a woman is beaten every eighteen seconds in this country, that’s very bad for women because it makes them feel victimized.   And we’re not supposed to be bad and make women feel bad.  It’s the ultimate mind-fuck.  It takes away all the ground that we can stand on and say, we have a political problem, we are going to find a political solution, and we are going to have to change the society we live in to find it.

Exploitation is real and identifiable and fighting it makes you strong, not weak.  Sexual violation is real and it is intolerable and fighting it makes you strong, not weak.  And woman hating is real and it’s systematized in pornography and in acts of sexual violence against women and fighting it makes you strong, not weak.

And the right and the left both, whether it’s Phyllis Schafly who’s lecturing on how if you had been virtuous you wouldn’t have been sexually harassed, or the left that’s explaining to you that you should celebrate your sexuality and forget about rape, forget about it, don’t have a bad attitude, don’t feel like a victim, they both want women to accept the status quo, to live in the status quo, and not to organize political resistance.”

–Andrea Dworkin

On denial

Men who refuse to acknowledge that they are part of the oppressor class and insist on being treated like special snowflakes who don’t oppress anyone because they think they’re good guys who haven’t personally raped or beaten a woman, are a big part of the problem.  Their head-in-the-sand refusal to acknowledge their own passive role in perpetuating injustice only leads to more injustice.  Their friends and colleagues rape and batter women, while these “good” men do nothing.  And they pat themselves on the back for it.

Most men do not care what happens to women.

More about backlash and silence

When men say, “Shut up about what men have done to you, or else you’re wallowing in victimhood when you should be doing something more positive”.

Fight Club

A few years ago now I was working in an office which had a poster on the wall saying “women are talking”. It was an inspirational message-ey one, like the “Keep Calm and Carry On” mugs. At the time, I loved it. I thought it was true. I thought we’d broken the silence and that was it. Patriarchy had just said “oh fuck, they won that one” and gone home.

More and more these days I get a chill running down my spine as I realise quite how limited the space is where we’re allowed to ‘talk’. (By ‘talk’ here I mean talk about men’s violence against us. There’s another chill there about how that’s obvious before you even specify, most of the time.)

For a start, we can’t ‘talk’ or ‘speak’ any more. We have to ‘disclose’, ‘share’, ‘confess’. Even the act of naming what men do to us…

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On empathy

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Empathy is the experience of understanding another person’s condition from their perspective. You place yourself in their shoes and feel what they are feeling. Empathy is known to increase prosocial (helping) behaviors. While American culture might be socializing people into becoming more individualistic rather than empathic, research has uncovered the existence of “mirror neurons,” which react to emotions expressed by others and then reproduce them.

Psychology Today

A person who has empathy for another cannot hurt that person without feeling the hurt as if it is happening to themselves.

Empathy makes us want to help others, not hurt them.

Those who suffer from a lack of empathy are unable to step outside themselves to experience what other people experience, especially those who feel, think and believe differently from themselves.  They have an adversarial attitude towards groups of people who differ from themselves in their beliefs, traditions or ways of life.

A lack of empathy makes us not care when we hurt others, because we don’t feel their pain.

A lack of empathy for another human implies that we perceive that human as less than human.

On antifeminists

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Hating feminism is hating women.  Full stop.  There’s no way to hate feminism without hating women.

Those who oppose feminism are generally privileged men who have it pretty good and don’t want to rock the boat, and women who oppose feminism have aligned themselves with those men in order to get the short-term rewards of male attention, social approval, and access to male-controlled resources.  And then there are the women who have feminist sympathies but have been scared off from feminism because they are afraid of being called ugly man-haters.

There are also a contingent of white lower-class males commonly described as “losers” who hate feminism because their lives are shitty and they want to take it out on people more marginalized than they are.  Hence why they also tend to be virulently racist and homophobic.   These men are unwilling to recognize that despite their shitty lives, they still wield privilege.  They falsely believe that to be privileged means to be rich and leading a great life.  They’re conflating economic privilege with sex- and race-based privilege, when all the latter means is that as bad as these men’s lives are, women and nonwhite people of their socioeconomic class have it even worse.  They don’t want to recognize this, because the toxic masculinity they are steeping in has robbed them of empathy.

On projection

“…Everything a man cannot courageously accept about himself is projected onto his mother, or his wife.  Or onto any random woman walking down the street.”

— Monica Sjoo and Barbara Mor, The Great Cosmic Mother

When you’re arguing with a man and he’s accusing you of all kinds of crazy shit that you know you didn’t do, he’s projecting his own qualities onto you.  He’s actually guilty of all that crazy shit, but he can’t accept it, and so he shoves it off onto you, or other women.  Men do this because they “other” women, because women aren’t quite human to them.  To them women are blank slates ready to reflect anything men project onto them.

You see this in rape, porn and sexual exploitation in general;  men think it’s sexy and hot, so they project this onto women.  Then they pressure women to go along with the script.  They actually believe their own projections and if a woman doesn’t go along with the script, she is presumed to be lying, attacked and punished.  That’s why women who object to porn are labeled “repressed”. That’s why rape victims are not believed, or are dismissed as “asking for it”.

On abusers

“This broken individual desperately needs to feel invincible, to win, and be in control. Being wrong, having to “give in,” give up, or to place another’s needs before their own is unacceptable.”

— Dr. Irene, “The Abuser

What is a misogynist?

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A man who thinks women are intelligent (Unless they’re disagreeing with a man or thinking they deserve anything besides [his] contempt), rational (Unless they’re disagreeing with [him] on anything at all), accountable human beings (By which I mean they need to take responsibility for everything they do and, thus everything [misogynists] do to them…) and expects them to act that way (by agreeing with everything a man says and never doing anything to stand up for themselves and provoke a man into doing something to them because that’s just the consequences of making a man angry with you and you deserved it!).

Commenter Paradoxicalintention, from this thread at We Hunted the Mammoth

In my experience, a misogynist is a man who hates women but claims he doesn’t and is just a poor misunderstood nice guy.

The ultimate test of whether a man is a woman-hater or not is what he thinks of feminism.  If he hates feminism, any kind of feminism, even that radical hairy-legged lesbian kind, he’s a misogynist.  If he thinks the patriarchy is a “conspiracy”, he’s a misogynist.  If he thinks he’s such a special snowflake that he deserves cookies for not raping or murdering women, and he should be exempt from any responsibility whatsoever for women’s oppression,  he’s a misogynist.