She Makes the Best of What's Around

BWAAAAA. I just read a post by Fillyjonk at Shapely Prose, and this paragraph jumped out at me so hard that I wanted to put it here, too.

Why do feminists “overreact” to the tiniest traces of misogyny in ads and media, things the more enlightened call harmless fun? Because those tiny traces pollute our minds and our environments. Because we struggle each day through a miasma of subtle, insidious particles of information saying that men need to fuck women into submission, that women are inherently lesser beings, that women’s looks are their only worth, that women’s safety and health and comfort are unimportant — and the particles that stick to you don’t wash off easily. Because this polluted environment breeds girls who think they can’t do math, but also men who kill. And because contradicting only the most obvious, bald-faced, clear-cut messages just doesn’t do enough to stop it.

It's not only important that I tell any future daughters of mine that these messages are wrong...it's important that I help Ganon internalize that as well.