Feministing, WTF? White Dude More Feminist than Those 'Other' Women

On my old video blog, I used to have a series called "feministing.com WTF" or something similar. Anyway, I was browsing again on the site and saw a random article about a "lady fag" who is a trans blogger, MTF i believe or a transvestite, or even possibly a woman turned man turned transvestite, i'm not 100% sure. He (i will call him because i'm not sure and i'm leaning towards he) blogs about the fashion industry (in a positive light) etc...

Anyway, he was discussing how he was a feminist, this is what the article read (I shall highlight ALL of the things that he says that I find FUCKED UP):

The truly awesome Sadie Magazine just launched a new issue, packed full of awesome interviews, reviews, and other literary stuff-n-things. I was particularly interested in a Q&A with model, fashionista, and blogger LadyFag. When asked if she is a feminist, she had this to say:

Yes, of course I’m a feminist. I was once at a dinner with a group of women who I always sort of felt alienated from. They were slightly extreme in their feminism, and while I love people who are strong in their beliefs, the way they were speaking, and in fact judging, other women, it made me think, the only people who are making me feel bad about being who I am as a strong woman are them. So, I announced that if they were all the voice of feminism, then I guess I’m not a feminist. It didn’t go over very well!

Sometimes I think that happens with women; it’s a jealousy thing. They were sitting there and discussing how wrong and misogynistic plastic surgery, high heels, and such were and how we shouldn’t have to do these things for other people, let alone men, and I knew it was partially directed at me—the only one sitting there in too much makeup and stilettos, and I thought, what gives them the right? I do what I want to feel good about myself, and that’s what makes me a strong woman. Even though they were all women, telling them to turn the mirror on themselves and fuck themselves was probably the most feminist thing I could have done.

Let's tackle this point by point

1) extreme in their feminism: Yes, because feminism needs to be extreme. There are EXTREME problems in the world that need strong women to help solve it. There's a reason why there is feminism, it's not some weak political ideology that requires little to no thought or action.

2) judging other women: If one woman is hurting another woman, other women tend to get pissed off about it, it's not judging it's fucking critiquing behaviors that are destructive to women as a class.

3) I am as a strong woman are [sic] them: you must realize the privilege you have as you were BORN a male. society favors males, even if you believe yourself to be a female, you can't fully understand or grasp the same things as females born females, raised females and treated as females can. There is no "cis privilege" women as a class is oppressed.

4) It’s a jealousy thing: Oh those women with their jealously and gossip! I mean, if one women hurts another woman, and another woman calls her out on that, it must be because of jealously, not politics or anything...

5) how wrong and misogynistic plastic surgery, high heels, and such: Well, DUH. All of these "beauty standard" things are set up by the patriarchy in order to keep women looking available and "ideal" for male consumption. Fuck this. Obviously high heels are fucked as is mutilating your body to fit a cookie-cutter shape. It's not rocket science to realize how anti-feminist this shit is.

6) let alone men, and I knew it was partially directed at me: YOU JUST SAID YOU WERE A STRONG WOMAN?

7) what gives them the right? RATHER, WHAT GIVES DUDES A RIGHT TO MASS-MARKET UNSAFE COSMETICS TO WOMEN TO ALTER THEIR APPEARANCE TO MAKE THEM LOOK MORE SUITABLE TO OTHER DUDES?

8) Even though they were all women, telling them to turn the mirror on themselves and fuck themselves was probably the most feminist thing I could have done: No, that's not feminism. That's libertarian, hedonistic liberal fun feminist bullshit. How does 'fucking yourself' help all women? Oh, right...it doesn't. It just reminds you how much empowerment you feel as an individual. Most of us have more issues to deal with and don't have the time to stare at ourselves in the mirror and fall in love with our own privilege in society. Seriously, grow the fuck up.