The Feminism debate: The Third Side of the Argument

Over the last couple of days – as, dear reader, you are probably aware – The Tab has been a hotbed of activity and debate surrounding CUSU’s “I need Feminism because…” campaign. In the comments section there has been much to-ing and fro-ing as to the campaign’s merits, suggesting that there are better things that could be done or that feminism is just a bit silly. Others have pointed to these comments as perfect examples of why feminism is so desperately needed. I will not disagree that the conversation is an important one and one that we all really need to have – with each other, and with ourselves.

At the same time, however, no one has noticed the elephant in the room: the risk of attack from the near extinct, but no less deadly, giant sloth.

This is not a joke. Whilst we’re all either standing around in King’s Parade holding signs like twits, or watching the sign holding twits, and making acerbic remarks, our defences are being left unmanned (or “womanned”… come to think of it, maybe “personned” is better). Those sloths may be slow, but they are determined. I’m no Slothropologist but I’m fairly sure that over the three days that the campaign took place, they could have chewed through the barricades.

Today, Cambridge. A few years from now, New York?

And then what? Our only hope of survival would be to cover ourselves in Vaseline and hope to slide as far away as possible out of their three-toed grip – and then we’re totally fucked, because, dear readers:

CAMBRIDGE IS FUCKING FLAT.

No matter how hard we try, we’re simply not going to get very far. And no amount of pretending to be slugs is going to fool them either. And there is no Plan C.

No undergraduate degree will prepare you for this

What they’re after, I don’t know. But I’ll be damned if I’m going to let them take it. We’ve been lucky so far – but who knows for how long our luck will run on? I urge you, if you love Freedom, to email our fine CUSU leader and let her know you don’t think they’re doing enough.