It was, ironically, The Handmaid's Tale that helped lead me back out of radical feminism. The oppression of women that was partially led by the religious fervour of women was far too like what I saw around me, by women happy to distort her words. #IStandWithMargaretAttwood

lmao why did that double t? #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

Radical feminism is traditionalist in its views. It does not change any gender norm. I saw women just as policed & reduced to their biology, backed up by the worst of men, with the illusion that they were free. Radical feminism is just another cage. #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

Everything is 'patriarchy'. Women cannot enjoy silly, frivolous things. They must explain themselves or be made to feel guilty for it. That is... not a way to live. Life is short. Life is meant to be fucking fun, not thrown on a pyre for 'sisters'. #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

RF would attack women for looking 'feminine' as though this is how she looks am to pm & no woman ever wears anything else. Everything is patriarchy. Everything is easy to box. Because all 'non compliant' women can be thrown on the pyre of 'sisterhood' if they do not please.

I have seen women be told that they should "leave men" if they are "real feminists". Why? Why should they leave men they love for your batshit religion? Why should they give up their chances of happiness because you are miserable? #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

I have seen women be verbally abused for days on end by radfems. These women have been told, amongst other things, that they are not women, they are 'traitors to their sex', asked "how many times are you willing to be raped" & inferred to be paedophiles. #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

I have seen younger lesbians be sent horrific abuse by radfems including calling them men, mass reporting their accounts & continuously asking them about their sex lives. Most of these girls are <25yo. #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

I have seen lesbians have their children used as weapons by radfems, with lesbians being told they are not 'real mothers'. Some radfems will refer to you as a 'surrogate' & given they see all surrogacy as evil, your family is no different. #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

Radfems have absolutely no concept of personal responsibility, there is no crime higher than misogyny. Every criticism of a woman is a misogyny. But only if she is RF. A RF may criticise other women & even abuse her but that woman cannot defend herself. #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

I have messages from women who spoke about RFs who would love bomb them when they spoke about their DV/rape/SA, who would 'raise concerns', but ignore their happy, upbeat messages of self empowerment. When they were struggling, RFs latched on. #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

When these women were desperate & vulnerable, RFs would see an opening to recruit & lovebomb them with fear. When these women weren't interested, they lost interest. They aren't interested in people let alone victims, only power. #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

When women tried to leave the clutches of radical feminism & became vocally critical of it, radical feminists responded by making up t-shirts that they sold whilst calling those women mentally ill for months. But it's not a cult. #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

Radical feminists harp on about "sexual orientation being immutable" & scream about the 'cotton ceiling' but believe straight women can change theirs because patriarchy is evil & will run their own workshops on that, but that isn't creepy or weird... #IStandWithMargaretAtwood

Radical feminists can and do tell women - often very traumatised women who need therapy and not batshit religions masquerading as feminism - that *all* penetrative sex is a form of rape. They encourage them to believe this. #IStandWithMargaretAtwood