The Video that Started It All

Welcome to our new femzine! Cephalopod and Rex decided to start a publication to protest all the ways in which people justify atrocious things in the name of women's empowerment. Below is something of an archetype of atrocity, in whose dishonor this blog is named.

Part of the problem is that no one really knows what feminism is. The authors of this publication agree that Riot Grrl in the 90s somehow captures the basic ideals we want to bring back. For that reason we decided that our platform would be the zine. The blog is just a transitional medium, because we hope to bring a real, material, paper-and-stapler zine to life someday, to pass out to be read by people who aren't necessarily seeking us out. We don't want to preach only to the choir. At the same time, feminism shouldn't be just white noise, dammit, so it's our aspiration that we ultimately find a home outside the white-noise interwebs.

Like a magazine, we want a lot of authors and voices heard. Please invite your friends to write a post for Spectacular if you think our hopes and frustrations are compatible.

Because it may be too ambitious, right now, for us to give a definition of what feminism IS, let's start with the more intuitive task of identifying what feminism IS NOT. Then let's debate it. Maybe we can get less undermining and more solidarity once we come together toward something like a consensus. On that note, we present the video that started it all.

Love and bruises,
Rex



And this bullshit: