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Feminists Say the Darndest Things: A Politically Incorrect Professor Confronts "Womyn" on Campus

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Dr. Mike Adams is a skilled author and a true satirist, and his latest book is written in the spirit of Jonathan Swift. Adams uses words like rapiers (warning to feminists: rapier is to rape as niggardly is to ... well, to the "n" word - i.e., they don't mean anything like the same thing). This bad pun (mine) is something akin to the real skewering Dr. Adams gives to feminist individuals - and the feminist movement - that are making our college campuses today less fun - and far less instructive - than they've been in the past. Would that there be more honest "insider" assessments of the world of the Ivory Tower today - and, perhaps, fewer "true believers" intent on imposing their views on the world, whether the world wants them or not.

You've heard the expression, "I couldn't put this book down." I feel that way - since it arrived from Amazon on Monday, the book has been my constant companion - I've read it at red lights, waiting in line at the drive-through, in my doctor's office (waiting for my annual physical) and over several meals. It is episodic enough to be read in brief snatches, yet compelling enough to stay by your side - like a bag of potato chips you can't put down - until it's finished. If, like me, it left you wanting more, I suggest Dr. Adams' first book, "Ivory Tower of Babel," or his regular column at Townhall.com: http://townhall.com/columnists/MikeSAdams. However, as much as I liked his first book (hint: a lot) and his regular columns (ditto), I like this latest book even more. It is hard-hitting, to the point ... and relentless in it's successful quest to skewer feminists with their own words.

Other reviewers have itemized the features - but let me highlight a few features, such as:

The lesbian feminist academic who wrote a scholarly paper (published, if you can believe that) on how "queer studies" should be expanded to include love-of-pets (yes, "that kind" of love).

The feminist student who was so outraged at Dr. Adams that she had her daddy write him a nasty note.

The feminist professor who stayed with another professor not her husband (he was also married) at a conference, then bragged about it to her class in vivid detail, then said "what?" when asked if this was academically, professionally or morally appropriate.

The married feminist professor who was hitting on a (male) candidate for a teaching position, and who got outraged at another married feminist professor who was doing the same thing, on the same campus visit.

There are so many more, but half the joy of this book is unearthing the next absurdity.

Beyond that, as a two-times adjunct professor at two state universities, as an administrator at two state colleges, and as the father of a full-time academic professor now in his second major university post, I know from first-hand that Mike Adams' observations ring true. Chapter and verse. Been there and done that.

His wit is sharp, his logic unassailable, his facts clearly substantiated and his targets fairly skewered (usually by their own words and deeds), Mike Adams is in top form. If you have a child heading for college - or if you pay taxes that support a state college - this book ought to be required reading. And, if you have a real concern about today's cultural moral relativity - and want some facts to support that concern, Read This Book!

In FEMINISTS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS, Mike Adams, a tenured professor of criminology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, takes a satirical poke at feminists, a collective that he sees as totally lacking in even an iota of humor. And that, Adams urges, is precisely the point. Feminists are seen as locked into a bear hugging mindest that has little to do with equal pay for equal work and everything to do with issues that are the sole preserve of the liberal left. His book is a collection of articles that he had published for the campus newspaper and their brevity cuts both ways. On the plus side, Adams can draw an indelible portrait of a campus feminist who can literally not see one micrometer beyond the range of her limited logic. On the down side, such brevity appeals more to those who delight in such Swiftian jabs but less to those who prefer more sobering and detailed examination of an issue that simply cries out for extensive analysis.

It is hard for many readers to accept that a long time ago, Adams himself was once part of the very tribe that he now punctures with his dry wit. When he was originally hired as a non-tenured professor, he was both a leftist and an atheist. As the years passed, he changed incrementally, but until he was granted tenure, he dared not speak out. But now he dares, and in books like this one, he sees feminists as the antithesis of what higher education should be. The problem with devoted feminists is not that they are sometimes wrong or even perpetually wrong, but their wrongness lies in their willingness and eagerness to go on the attack even against all logic or fairness. Adams fills his book with dozens of first hand experiences with feminist colleagues who do not shrink from the most baseless accusations against him merely out of pique. Part of the attraction of FSDT lies in his even handed replies. He emails his response to the accuser, asking her for further clarification of her charges, all the while assuring her that both the original charge and the clarification will be included in future chapters of his next book. It is no surprise, then, that he rarely now receives any follow up. But we who read his books do not need them. His point that feminist scholarship is an oxymoron is well taken, especially after more than a few feminists asked him an oxy-what?

I read the book thinking it would provide some fun satire. It is written in a satirical style. However, about 1/2 through the book i began to notice and appreciate some of the deep pain these awful people have inflicted on Prof. Adams.

The book is less about skewering feminists than it is a brave, not at all whiney, portrait of an honest, decent man in a intolerable environment who is hounded, harassed, and deeply hurt by a band of malicious and irresponsible persons and the administrators who absent themselves.

I have not looked at anything 'feminist' the same way after reading the book. The feminist ideology is used both as a weapon against Prof. Adams and a shield from any consequences for their malicious activities.

I spent Valentine's Day riding around running errands with my husband and reading this aloud to him as we rode. (It was a birthday gift from him to me a few weeks before.) He stopped me at one point and said, "I really love you!" because I was laughing at the feminists harder than he was! It's an excellent book, and Adams does what he does better than most -- skewers with great humor the political correctness of college campuses where unconstitutional "speech codes" are one-way streets and dissent is intimidated into silence. Thank God for a man who WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

This collection of letters addressed to the Feminists in Academia is an extraordinarily bold endeavor by Dr. Adams who must feel like a canary in a room full of cats. The only problem is, unbeknownst to the cats, this canary has fangs! Dr. Adams mocks the hypocrisy of the feminist movement in our institutions of higher learning with his unique blend of humor and razor sharp wit. In what must be extremely acerbic confrontations in what can only be described as (ironically) a hostile environment for him, Dr. Adams pulls back the curtain to reveal the man (or woman in this case) pulling the levers and pushing the buttons. He entertains, educates and gets a little comeuppance in the process. A superbly entertaining read!

I am a 60-year old professional woman. As a young adult and beyond, I watched the modern feminist movement give birth to itself in much the same way I watch many of my patients at work give birth to their babies--both processes can be described as noisy, messy, extremely vocal but often incoherent, achingly shrill, and painfully loud, with a decided focus on what "self" is experiencing at the moment. And let's not forget the overwhelming sense of satisfaction and pride at what all the commotion produced. At least the babies are beautiful.

Both of Dr. Adams' books neatly skewer liberal/feminist (oops! did I just repeat myself?) inconsistencies and hypocrisy. I made my first mistake in reading his latest book on a trip of several hours with my youngest daughter, aged 29. My second mistake was reading her some of the things that made me laugh out loud, when she asked me what was so funny. As a result, I ended up being forced to read to her for several hours until we got home again, because every time I tried to quit and read ahead, she would whine, "Hey! You're supposed to be reading to ME!" She was much easier to stifle when she was a little girl and I could just send her to bed.

It can't be easy to be Mike Adams, but it sure is funny to read about Mike Adams being Mike Adams, human burr under the feminist saddle. May his tribe increase.

A great read does not even begin to describe this book. I read it in less than 24 hours, one because is was so great, and two, I wanted to hurry and finish so my wife and I could read it again together. Dr. Adams book is depressing, funny, and hard hitting, sometimes all in one sentence! As a father of three young kids who may eventually enter the college system, this book shed some light on the things we do not see in the media, or hear about on a day to day basis. It highlighted to me what has changed in radicalism since I was in school. And finally, if you read and liked "The Ivory Tower Of Babel", then this book is a great follow-up. If you have not read it yet, consider picking it up as well!

For years now it's been all about political correctness. Finally, Dr. Mike Adams puts it all into perspective. Not sure exactly what that feminist on television just said? Didn't think it made sense? Well it didn't and this book helps explain why. A page turning must read that sifts through the modern nonsensical feminist movement. You won't be disappointed!

And sadly, what Mike has to say about the situation in the States is mirrored all over the Western world. These pseudo-scholars have set up camp amongst the academics of the world, and it's going to be no easy job rooting them out. It's going to take a concerted effort from all those striving for a positive future for humanity to rid our places of learning of the feminist intolerance and bigotry which has infected them. This is because they all firmly believe that the academic titles which they undeservedly hold are actually of some value, an insult to the real scholars of the world who work towards a better future for all humanity, as opposed to following the self-serving, egoistic goals of modern feminism. Although few scholars publicly say anything disparaging about this modern plague in our universities, in my experience the vast majority disregard their work as mostless worthless and divisive. In a few centuries, scholars will look back in amazement that we ever awarded these useless individuals degrees, and it is indeed an insult to the university-qualified people of the world that we still pretend that these bogus degrees and doctorates are of equal significance. To any pseudo-scholars who may be reading, rest assured, in the minds of myself and millions like me, you've long since been mentally stripped of your qualifications. Let us all pray that the day soon comes when feminist pseudo-scholars' qualifications and titles will be respected as much as the Order of Lenin is in Russia today.

I am no wide-eyed neocon, but Adams is on to a great point. The point is that on-campus feminists often try to deprive intellectual opponents of the same things they demand. You see the problem with feminists, on-campus, is that they are trying to push a political agenda that is patently and demonstrably false. It does not work in the real world, but only appears to have some credibility on campus. When you point this out, the feminists get mad, very mad, and lash out at any one who opposes them. This is what Adams documents, and to dismiss this as right-wing propaganda is sad. It does not allow Adams' arguments a proper hearing among those on campus. In effect, to dismiss this work without arguing his points is to circumscribe the marketplace of ideas. This is anti-American. The country was founded on free debate. Therefore, we should discuss these ideas. I would argue that Adams' assertions are indicative of the larger trend among campus feminists to shut-up anyone who dares challenge their assumed supremacy.