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Are You a Feminist or a Misogynist?

It All Depends on How you Interpret Nursery Rhymes

Simon Black
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2 min readNov 27, 2023

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1. Why is Mary Mary so contrary?

a) patriarchy! b) menstruation

2. Why does she sell sea shells down by the sea shore?

a) patriarchy! b) sensible market research

3. Why did Old Mother Hubbard have to go to the cupboard?

a) patriarchy! b) to get her dildo

4. Why did Little Miss Muffet get frightened?

a) patriarchy is frightening! b) she was high maintenance

5. Why did the old lady swallow a fly?

a) patriarchy and agism! b) good protein source

6. Why did the man take three bags of wool from the black sheep?

a) patriarchy and racism! b) because he was knitting a black sweater

7. Why did the three little kittens lose their mittens?

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Simon Black
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This is not the Simon Black that you know. This is a different Simon Black. He does not work in your organization or live in your city.

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