Jailbreak the Patriarchy
Genderswaps your view of the web.
Jailbreak the Patriarchy genderswaps the world for you. When it's installed, everything you read in Chrome (except for gmail, so far) loads with pronouns and a reasonably thorough set of other gendered words swapped. For example: "he loved his mother very much" would read as "she loved her father very much", "the patriarchy also hurts men" would read as "the matriarchy also hurts women", that sort of thing.
This makes reading stuff on the internet a pretty fascinating and eye-opening experience, I must say. What would the world be like if we reversed the way we speak about women and men? Well, now you can find out!
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Running this extension will not trap you outside the asylum. When you install Jailbreak the Patriarchy, you'll see that there's a new button in the top right corner of your browser. When you click that button, it basically toggles the patriarchy. If Jailbreak the Patriarchy is active when you click, it pauses the extension and reloads your current tab back into reality. If the extension is already paused when you click the button, it unpauses the extension and reloads your current tab back into genderswapped-land.
It's easy to tell when the extension is paused, because the button in the browser will get a big red OFF tag.
Just to be clear, only your current tab will reload automatically, but the pause/unpause is browser-wide and persists until you toggle the button again.
Enjoy!
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UPDATE: As of version 1.0.2, you can go into your extensions and click on 'Options' near Jailbreak if you want to set Jailbreak to turn itself on and off randomly once per day. This will only happen if you go out of your way to turn that option on - by default, you are in complete control and Jailbreak will never turn on unless you click the button. But for those of you who want more random confusion in your lives, the option is now there!
If you have any issues, feel free to email me at [email protected] or (ideally) submit them on Github - https://github.com/DanielleSucher/Jailbreak-the-Patriarchy/issues
Latest reviews
This is working great and really does open your eyes and make you think about your, and the article writers, perceptions. To the developers: Can you add the ability to swap races, religions, and political ideologies?
I'd love for this app to be able to let me add a contribution/suggestion to be reviewed. For example, I'm reading a text that uses "fraternal" a lot, and it doesn't convert that to sororal, nor does it let me send the suggestion to the developer. There's a lot of hive contribution that could clean this app up that it's missing because of this. That being said, it's a delight to read older texts with this app on.
It still has a few bugs to iron out. The female dwarf in a story I was reading was still referred to as having a beard, and in two other stories I read, the "huntsmen" did not change to "huntswomen".
It still has a few bugs to iron out. The female dwarf in a story I was reading was still referred to as having a beard, and in two other stories I read, the "huntsmen" did not change to "huntswomen".
Does not change men's rights movement into women's rights movement
Does not change men's rights movement into women's rights movement
Besides obviously being a feminist POS; it can collect all your data, including key strokes, it could save your passwords, your favs, it can change your OS settings, and rename your core OS files, essentially it's a trojan, not quite a virus, but can be used as a gateway for other malicious apps. Ran 3 penetration tests on it and boy oh boy; not sure how Google even let this one slip through.
Besides obviously being a feminist POS; it can collect all your data, including key strokes, it could save your passwords, your favs, it can change your OS settings, and rename your core OS files, essentially it's a trojan, not quite a virus, but can be used as a gateway for other malicious apps. Ran 3 penetration tests on it and boy oh boy; not sure how Google even let this one slip through.
Changed "her 25 years of service" to "him 25 years of service." This one shold be easy to fix. Also, doesn't catch "hubby."
This extension didn't work for a long time until months later, it randomly kicked in and surprised me (I had forgotten about it). I can't seem to get it to stop now!
This extension didn't work for a long time until months later, it randomly kicked in and surprised me (I had forgotten about it). I can't seem to get it to stop now!
Hi, I am interested in acquiring your extension "Jailbreak the Patriarchy". Please contact me at: [email protected]
Hi, I am interested in acquiring your extension "Jailbreak the Patriarchy". Please contact me at: [email protected]
Funny! A first I wondered why my printer was "sister brand...
Funny! A first I wondered why my printer was "sister brand...
Much to my delight this extension works so well. I did not notice I had active while researching, which turned the whole virtual world on it's head. Now if I just remember to toggle it on and off when it is appropriate! Thanks for your good works!
Much to my delight this extension works so well. I did not notice I had active while researching, which turned the whole virtual world on it's head. Now if I just remember to toggle it on and off when it is appropriate! Thanks for your good works!
THe only Problem I've found so far is the words grandparents turns to Grandmarents.
THe only Problem I've found so far is the words grandparents turns to Grandmarents.
So awesome! Noticed it changed mom but not mom's
So awesome! Noticed it changed mom but not mom's
I love it so much! Although I have a concern, "Chick" doesn't change to anything! I love the extension nonetheless!
I love it so much! Although I have a concern, "Chick" doesn't change to anything! I love the extension nonetheless!
This is pretty cool! Spend 5 minutes on a feminist website with this on, and it quickly becomes apparent how absurdly sexist the whole movement is!
This is pretty cool! Spend 5 minutes on a feminist website with this on, and it quickly becomes apparent how absurdly sexist the whole movement is!
Works fantastic! My only complaint is that there's some manosphere words it doesn't change: like AWALT (all women are like that) to AMALT and vice versa. I also noticed that it sometimes doesn't change him to her. Gonna test this one further.
Works fantastic! My only complaint is that there's some manosphere words it doesn't change: like AWALT (all women are like that) to AMALT and vice versa. I also noticed that it sometimes doesn't change him to her. Gonna test this one further.
Lol. I installed it for the LOLS. XD
Lol. I installed it for the LOLS. XD
Amazing. However, some things need to be added in. MRA/Mens Rights Activist should turn to Feminist, and genitals could probably be switched.
Amazing. However, some things need to be added in. MRA/Mens Rights Activist should turn to Feminist, and genitals could probably be switched.
Mete publicidad por todo lado de las páginas que visite, se instaló sin mi permiso.
Reading Wikipedia when suddenly... "Woah, Weird Al is a girl? No wait, he had a mustache. Is he transgender? Why have I not heard this? Oh wait, it's just my chrome extension."
Reading Wikipedia when suddenly... "Woah, Weird Al is a girl? No wait, he had a mustache. Is he transgender? Why have I not heard this? Oh wait, it's just my chrome extension."
Works great. his/him is one of the problems as it is hard to guess from context how to translate "her".
Works great. his/him is one of the problems as it is hard to guess from context how to translate "her".
Love it, the only thing is as an inhabitant of The British Isles I see the word 'Mum' a lot online. If it could be added to change that to 'Dad' I'd love it even more. Minor, I know but still.
Love it, the only thing is as an inhabitant of The British Isles I see the word 'Mum' a lot online. If it could be added to change that to 'Dad' I'd love it even more. Minor, I know but still.
Very interesting extension. The occasional grammar bug slips through on occasion, but it's excellent anyways. It's very cool to read the new or fiction and see how things can seem so very different with a small tweak. Would like to see a few grammar rule adjustments and some additional changes (genital references and such, for additional immersion), but it's already great. Just be sure to turn it off when you're doing something important like research or professional communication; that can get confusing or awkward.
Very interesting extension. The occasional grammar bug slips through on occasion, but it's excellent anyways. It's very cool to read the new or fiction and see how things can seem so very different with a small tweak. Would like to see a few grammar rule adjustments and some additional changes (genital references and such, for additional immersion), but it's already great. Just be sure to turn it off when you're doing something important like research or professional communication; that can get confusing or awkward.
It was a miserable excuse for a functional app. So badly coded you'd think it was done by people trying to use feminist logic.
It was a miserable excuse for a functional app. So badly coded you'd think it was done by people trying to use feminist logic.
It is really interesting when I forget it is on! And also educational when I compare articles with the extension on or off. It is easy to turn it off it need be.
It is really interesting when I forget it is on! And also educational when I compare articles with the extension on or off. It is easy to turn it off it need be.
It's great for reading gendered articles and such - usually thought-provoking or funny, as intended I'm sure. But the best gems I've gotten so far are when I forget it's on and I'm reading things that have nothing to do with gender, or people really. Shopping for computers: Fatherboard. Ubuntu documentation: woman pages ("man pages" short for user's manual). I downloaded it truly as an attempt to keep an open mind while reading news articles, but it's now a permanent quirky addition to my browser!
It's great for reading gendered articles and such - usually thought-provoking or funny, as intended I'm sure. But the best gems I've gotten so far are when I forget it's on and I'm reading things that have nothing to do with gender, or people really. Shopping for computers: Fatherboard. Ubuntu documentation: woman pages ("man pages" short for user's manual). I downloaded it truly as an attempt to keep an open mind while reading news articles, but it's now a permanent quirky addition to my browser!
This is great if you only passively receive text from the web, but if you're creating anything -- emails, blog entries, reviews like this one, etc -- it's a nightmare. Half my recent emails and blog entries put female pronouns with male names, change the gender of my spouse, or otherwise make me look like an idiot. I can't uninstall it soon enough!
This is great if you only passively receive text from the web, but if you're creating anything -- emails, blog entries, reviews like this one, etc -- it's a nightmare. Half my recent emails and blog entries put female pronouns with male names, change the gender of my spouse, or otherwise make me look like an idiot. I can't uninstall it soon enough!
It's a really neat extension. Very interesting to see everything swapped.
The best part is when you forget you have it on and you catch yourself thinking differently about things based on how they are gendered. Great app.
