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  • "The word feminism has become synonymous with the idea of man-hating when in fact it has more to do with women than men," she wrote, using the example of Christine Lagarde, the former French finance minister who became the first female head of the International Monetary Fund.

    Magda Abu-Fadil: Arab Editor Aysha Taryam Slams Indifference Magda Abu-Fadil 2012

  • The idea that women dress provocatively is a terribly pessimistic view of masculinity and maleness, and a far more pessimistic view than so-called man-hating feminists like myself are supposed to have.

    The Guardian World News Tracy McVeigh 2011

  • Had a female novelist paraded all the revolting men that one encounters in Les Célibataires (The Bachelors, 1934) — “his greasy, dandruff-spattered head … exuding a powerful odour of ill-kept male” — she would have been accused of man-hating.

    Monster of Marriage 2010

  • Puccini's final opera is about the man-hating Chinese queen Turandot, and Calaf, the man who finally melts her icy heart.

    Top 50 operas 2011

  • Thaler denied that she is a member of the man-hating school of female poets whose most noteworthy member is Sylvia Plath.

    Men Go to Great Lengths to Woo Reclusive Poetess Con Chapman 2011

  • Had a female novelist paraded all the revolting men that one encounters in Les Célibataires (The Bachelors, 1934) — “his greasy, dandruff-spattered head … exuding a powerful odour of ill-kept male” — she would have been accused of man-hating.

    Monster of Marriage 2010

  • They are not man-hating; they are just on a cuse like the Mahatma Ghandi's and the Mandela's of this world.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • We went from a man-hating, pretentious outsider with mommy-issues to a woman that can accept her role in the universe as a warrior, protector and friend.

    Comically Challenged: Power Girl #7 « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009

  • They are not man-hating; they are just on a cuse like the Mahatma Ghandi's and the Mandela's of this world.

    Interview Thursday: " I fight with my head and not my fists or mouth" - Poeticallytinted 2009

  • Had a female novelist paraded all the revolting men that one encounters in Les Célibataires (The Bachelors, 1934) — “his greasy, dandruff-spattered head … exuding a powerful odour of ill-kept male” — she would have been accused of man-hating.

    Monster of Marriage 2010

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  • man-hating is not a word, it's a hyphenated word, and the synonyms manhood, misanthropic, and virility listed here aren't really synonyms of it at all.

    November 30, 2009

  • Righty-ho! Now let's work on using spasming, gainsaid and far-shining in the same context!

    November 30, 2009

  • Someone please put a hat on that guy.

    November 30, 2009

  • How about sionnach's statician's hat?

    *puts on big booming voice*

    CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION

    or maybe a Santa hat- no hang on, I've GOT IT! Easter Bunny ears!

    Although I'm sure those big leathery ears are good enough.

    November 30, 2009

  • 'What's a "statician"?', asked sionnach the statistician, foxily.

    November 30, 2009

  • Snap! There goes my spelling again, out the window. I wonder how I could have possibly gotten that wrong, maybe something to do with my lousy pronunciation?

    'statistician'

    Oops. It's Foxy's statistician hat. Sorry Foxy.

    P.S. Funny picture.

    November 30, 2009

  • P_U, were you looking for after-broadside voice, or perhaps cape horn voice?

    December 1, 2009

  • Cape horn voice. I think. I'm not so sure anymore. It might have been somewhere in the middle.

    *sits in idle contemplation*

    December 1, 2009