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This girl I was talking to said "you're either a feminist or a sexist" and like... Feminist isn't a label that you apply to yourself and all of a sudden you're good to go. I've met "feminist progressive" men who are pieces of shit under all that wokeness
This whole binary of "if you're not a feminist you're automatically a bad person" is why so many people understand and accept that what we say is right, but don't call themselves feminist.
Feminism to me is a way of living and treating people with respect and dignity
Feminism to me is a way of living and treating people with respect and dignity
Feminism has changed my life, but I think looking down on people who don't call themselves that, especially when they're respectful toward women, is condescending, small-minded and frankly a bit classist
Hell, I've seen feminist women defend and befriend men they know are creepy and inappropriate. It's ridiculous to me how feminism's just become a buzzword now, even for feminists themselves. Fuck dude, it's not as simple as feminist and sexist JFC
I have so much love for feminism when feminists talk about deep rooted issues in our vocabulary, society, culture, media etc. I love learning and growing from that.
But turning it into an exclusive club, like some sort of cult, I'm not here for that narrative
But turning it into an exclusive club, like some sort of cult, I'm not here for that narrative
It is a way of life. It is in the way we talk to and treat each other. And if someone's being a non-problematic person saying they're not a feminist, attacking them for it or not acknowledging criticisms about the movement... Seems counterproductive, to say the least
Never will I ever think it's okay to bully or harass someone because they're a feminist nor will I ever say that. And I'll also never think it's okay to bully or harass someone because they don't identify as that.
Anyway this rant went on way too long and I still have so many thoughts about it, maybe even some alienation, feel free to tell me if I've betrayed womankind
