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Some changes for the new year
Posted February 6, 2006 by Andrea Rubenstein
With the exit of two members from Shrub.com's ranks, I've decided to end the monthly articles and instead switch my focus to posting on the blog. I'm going to begin revising and re-posting my articles in anticipation for the permanent transfer to the blog at the end of February. For those of you who liked having dynamic content on the front page of Shrub, fear not, I intend to set it up so that it will display the most recently posted blog article. Thanks to all the members (and ex-members) who contributed to the Monthly Articles!
From the Blog
How not to be "That Guy"
Synecdochic wrote a how-to post on privilege: Don't Be That Guy.

Excerpt:
This word gets thrown around a lot, and I think everyone uses it a little differently, which is one of the reasons why I have so much difficulty putting it into words. Let me try with: If you approach me with the presumption, stated or implied, that I owe you anything -- my time, my attention, my energy, my conversation, my acquiescence to your desires -- that's entitlement. If you make me think that you think you can express a wish and I will fulfill that wish, that's entitlement.

Women don't owe you anything: not their bodies, not their time, not their emotion. Hell, not even their attention. (Nobody owes anybody anything except basic courtesy, respect, and trying not to be an asshole.) A lot of guys walk into a situation and give the impression that they have the right to take these things, through outright force or through a more subtle coercion. Giving someone that impression makes you That Guy.
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