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comment by newgameplus
newgameplus  ·  4268 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: There’s no point in online feminism if it’s an exclusive, Mean Girls club

I think this article is very self-defeating. No, that's not quite right. Hypocritical? I'm just going to go with unproductive.





AnSionnachRua  ·  4268 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd have to say the same thing about your comment, since you didn't justify any of your concerns.

newgameplus  ·  4268 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good point, I wrote that because I wasn't sure (and am still not sure) how to word a disagreement to certain points without someone seeing it as an example of what the article is supposedly against. By poking at a hot-button issue like transgender rights with a stick, the author ensured, even if unintentionally, that much of the response garnered would be of the ilk she was describing. And since much of the article was just self-admitted insults and name-calling, I think it just adds to the divisiveness instead of doing anything productive.

cytokine_storm  ·  4266 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I felt she made it quite clear that she was taking offence to a group of people that were misusing the banner of feminism. Sure, from the outside they all look like feminists but if you look a little closer you see the massive divide in fundamental theory and in the practice of advancing women's rights.

The same things can be seen in most movements, like african-american gangs spoiling the name of the anti-discrimination movement or religious/atheist reactionaries making the more level headed individuals look bad.