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June 24, 2010 at 11:38 am
John
Stick to politics in your own country and stop referring to people as homosexual sex acts!
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June 24, 2010 at 4:28 pm
The Arbourist
Please come back when you are coherent.
Have a nice day.
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July 16, 2010 at 2:54 am
Vern R. Kaine
Arb,
You might enjoy this animate from RSA.org if you haven’t seen it already.
http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/
VRK
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August 27, 2012 at 10:40 am
Dennis
I love your website and all that you stand for – keep fighting the good fight!
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August 27, 2012 at 11:30 am
The Arbourist
Thank you. :>
And thanks for stopping by. :)
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December 2, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Mary Murphy
I thought your blog on frumpy lesbian man hates was very cogent.
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December 4, 2012 at 10:37 am
The Arbourist
*looks at Mary Murphy*
Not sure if new to blogging or just a spammer…?
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December 4, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Mary Murphy
Not spam, just found you insights interesting
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December 4, 2012 at 6:16 pm
The Arbourist
@Mary Murphy
Oh, okay. Sorry about that, short comments often get caught up in the spam filter. :) Thank you for the compliment.
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December 16, 2012 at 5:31 pm
robin claire
Could you please put the “Follow” widget on your side bar so I can follow your blog directly through my e-mail?
thanks
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December 17, 2012 at 10:51 am
The Arbourist
@robin claire
Done and done.
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October 27, 2014 at 7:51 pm
Jymn
Looking forward to your take on Ghomeshi. Hundreds, if not thousands of women have flocked to his defense. So what if he’s accused of assaulting FOUR women, all 20-some years younger? He’s cute, seems super nice and is famous. Even if they’re only accusations so far, four of them is a lot. I’m with the four women. Be strong, women. Don’t let the media make Ghomeshi the victim.
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October 28, 2014 at 11:48 am
The Arbourist
@Jymn
Article is up. :> I’m sad that we’ve lost a good radio host, one that I enjoyed listening to, but his actions are inexcusable and he needs to go away.
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December 14, 2014 at 3:26 pm
davidtkukulkan
Thanks for taking the time to read and like my post. It’s much appreciated!
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December 14, 2014 at 7:19 pm
The Arbourist
@david
Well written, very colloquial and to the point. Keep up the good work.
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December 15, 2014 at 6:01 pm
davidtkukulkan
Thanks for the kind words and for following my blog =) I hope you enjoy my future posts as well!
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January 26, 2015 at 1:22 pm
tnt666
Hello. I receive your posts in my email, and often read them within my email, and then “Like” them from my email, but it seems that the “Like” link is no longer working from email and is the star is not showing up on blog entries (though it does still show up in your comments section) where I used to click it sometimes also… it seems this is not only your blog but with others as well.
Are you aware of an interface change with WordPress. I’ve googled this and found nothing.
Cheers, and keep up the excellent writing.
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January 27, 2015 at 10:41 am
The Arbourist
@tnt666
WordPress is slowly changing things behind the scenes, the process involves breaking things and hopefully catching the oopsies and continuing on. I would go to the WP help forums and post exactly what you wrote here and let them know something they have done isn’t quite right.
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January 27, 2015 at 9:18 pm
Jymn
I’ve said some nasty things in the past about your views. I don’t care anymore, no longer being a blogger. But I keep getting these emails in my junk folder about “Commenting Suggestions” for your blog. Could you please stop them?
My suggestion from the beginning, if you, like me want women to be safe and earn equal dollar, you have to stop acting like a prude. To get something, you often have to give (up) something. (Men, too.)
Naked pictures of women, young and old (there’s a huge volume for ‘older women’ and ‘BBW’ on men’s blogs but nothing on womens’ blogs about ‘short,’ ‘lacking confidence,’ ‘BBM’ ‘older men’). Mmmm. In fact, there’s nothing there at all.
Where would poor men, men injured ugly in war, old men still viral, dwarves, non-categorically-considered- good-enough-looking males find any intimate pleasure other than themsleves and the photographs of women of all types which inspire them?
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January 27, 2015 at 9:25 pm
The Arbourist
@Jymn
It sounds like you may have accidentally subscribed to the commenting suggestions feed. Check one of the spam emails and you should be able to unsubscribe from seeing what goes on in this thread.
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February 14, 2015 at 12:15 am
tnt666
So I have found out why the like-star has disappeared from the wordposts… not because of WordPress changes, but because of AdblockPlus filters. I know you suggest AdblockPlus, but I think we should be able to determine which filter prohibits the like-star. Just haven’t done it yet.
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February 14, 2015 at 12:18 am
tnt666
Oh, and that post above is pretty funny. I think I probably know more ugly and dumb folks who are married… rather than beautiful people who like to get around, play the field, and achieve more work success. So the above argument from your hater… completely ridiculous! :)
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February 14, 2015 at 8:20 am
The Arbourist
@tnt666
You can set up exceptions in ad-block. Just add the site you’d like to the exception list and WP should look like WP again.
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September 21, 2015 at 7:01 am
VR Kaine
Hey Arb, this is an interesting article for your gender(bending?!) posts. :)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11874983/Dr-Michael-Mosely-growing-a-penis-at-12.html
Oh, and don’t take the link literally. The article’s talking about OTHERS growing a penis at 12. ;)
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December 2, 2015 at 10:45 am
VR Kaine
Hi Arb,
Tried to post this comment under an old blog article (via tags) but it won’t let me, so I’ll post it here:
You know how you hear people saying that porn is “pro-feminist” because the women are paid more, get to choose who, and when, and how, etc? Verdict? Bullshit. Proof? Here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/02/two-more-james-deen-accusers-tell-all-there-was-so-much-blood.html
You’ll especially like the part about the “high fives” (not). Disgusting.
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October 14, 2016 at 12:58 pm
darthtimon
Greetings Arbourist, me again, Darth Timon (well, actually, Ben!). If you’re interested in contributing to the Coalition, then let me know your email address (you can email me at darth_timon@yahoo.co.uk) and I’ll add you to the list.
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October 16, 2017 at 1:02 am
Amy
I’m so happy to come across someone that uses duckduckgo :)
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October 19, 2017 at 2:17 am
Amy
Also, I love your writing and hopefully I will work up the guts to leave a comment sometime.
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October 21, 2017 at 12:38 pm
The Arbourist
@Amy
Thanks for the kind words. I hope you find your way to the comment section as well.
Take care.
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May 19, 2018 at 3:09 pm
soulindarkness
I just wanted to say that I think this article (if you can call it that) was pretty bad:
https://deadwildroses.com/2017/12/28/how-psychology-undermines-feminist-activism-tove-happonen/amp/
The original author put in so much effort and research to write a piece that was pretty groundbreaking on the topic – yet all you had to say was that it’s ‘contentious’.
Psychology and therapy are one big scam.
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May 20, 2018 at 8:59 am
The Arbourist
@ soulindarkness
Thanks for the input?
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July 30, 2018 at 8:53 am
albertaD
I always learn something new from your posts. I rarely comment anywhere, but I wanted to say thanks for your blog.
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July 30, 2018 at 10:53 am
The Arbourist
@albertaD
Thank you. I’m glad you enjoy and find time to partake in my little corner of the internet.
Thanks for taking the time to let me know, its appreciated.
Arb
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November 11, 2018 at 2:48 pm
xx
Thank you for being you, it’s so hard to find quality content like yours especially in regards to Western Canada.
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November 12, 2018 at 7:42 am
The Arbourist
@XX
It seems to be a smaller footprint for feminism out around here. But we do what we can :> Thanks for commenting.
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November 12, 2018 at 5:16 pm
xx
You’re welcome! I’m actually having a sit down with a local political candidate here in Alberta to address some issues pertaining to a good many things your blog covers, who knew anyone actually read their emails? I would love any input you may have on the final presentation as I must say speaking is not my strong suit. Completely understand and respect the need for anonymity. Keep up the great work <3
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August 21, 2020 at 8:47 pm
ptittle
Hello, Looking for the post wherein you reposted a list of ways in which transgender activism is hurting women … can’t for the life of me find it now … do you recall? (I’m pretty sure I saw it here …) (Just got a very bad review of Gender Fraud: a fiction on Goodreads, and it had info I could have used for response … should’ve bookmarked it at the time, but …)
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August 22, 2020 at 11:32 am
The Arbourist
Hullo ptittle, I think this may be the one you are looking for? I’ve added some other good ones as well.
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August 22, 2020 at 7:24 pm
ptittle
That’s the one thanks!
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September 1, 2020 at 8:10 pm
Michael Gardner
If left to a natural development without interference, statistically a human zygote in western cultures will have a life expectancy of around 70-80 years.
The mental process for a woman to justify abortion for social reasons is exactly the same mental process utilised by any common murderer who seeks to kill another for social reasons. It is selfish, ruthless & domineering to kill as a social choice. For a parent to kill their own offspring, this is to betray the trust that the child had to have in the mother. Women who consent to abortion for social purposes imbue a ruthless, selfish, domineering & traitorous stain on the persona & this can be no more removed from the persona, than to bring the dead back to life. MEN…..do not expect to have a meaningful relationship with a woman who earlier in her life has consented to abortion for social purposes, because you will become involved with a woman who has already permanently imbued on her persona a selfish, ruthless, domineering & traitorous stain. If she has already selfishly, ruthlessly & domineeringly betrayed her own flesh & blood offspring, you therefore have no hope of having a meaningful relationship with such a killer. When women are allowed to kill (by abortion) this serves to undermine the entire ethical & legal foundations of our culture. How can some be allowed to kill, yet others who peaceably transgress (for example drug laws) are still being harshly persecuted? Abortion-on-demand undermines the proportionality by which our laws can be administered. When sufficient numbers of such killers are allowed to infuse our culture, this creates a ripple-effect to negatively affect the entire Occidental World. Broken marriages/relationships caused by ruthless, selfish, domineering & traitorous women, impacting negatively upon any later procreated children, who have their formative years ruined by divorce/separation, because men cannot cope with being shackled to a ruthless, selfish & domineering traitor.
If a woman does not want to become pregnant, then remain chaste.
Otherwise, take responsibility.
The above account (hard won by personal experience) is why abortion for social reasons is totally unacceptable in any culture.
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June 14, 2021 at 5:27 am
Ronnie
The term terf is totally new to me. As the mum of a trans man with a vagina, I am genuinely curious as to the stance taken by the cis lesbian community regarding his transition?
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June 14, 2021 at 9:54 pm
The Arbourist
@Ronnie
Hi Ronnie.
The term terf is an acronym for Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist. In most cases its usage is a slur used against women who have the temerity to say no to the misogyny that is gender ideology.
Any community isn’t a monolith. So your answers will vary.
All women, defined as adult human females, are included in feminism and I would assume would have a place in female only / lesbian spaces.
Hope that helps.
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