Saturday, December 18, 2010

Just Sayin' Feministing.Com

Have you ever noticed how feministing.com's articles are 90% of the time regarding gay white dudes, gay white dudes getting married, trans folks, trans activism and various other non-female issues? Seriously. All that they seem to discuss are issues that are related to Western queer spaces and Western queer men, like rape apologist Dan Savage. They rarely include lesbians, in fact they hardly ever mention lesbians let alone lesbian feminists...

Yet this site claims to speak for all young feminists? Yeah, maybe some privileged white Western feminists, but certainly not all young feminists. Also, why not old feminists? This blog seeks to deconstruct nothing, challenge nothing and ultimately get fuck all done in the way of women's liberation. It does not care about women, at least most women. It mainly focuses on class-privileged women and their relation to queer white men. Time for a pseudo-revolution, but be careful not to hurt teh menz feelings!
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3 comments:

  1. ChristinaDecember 20, 2010 at 7:14 AM

    This may enrage, but I don’t think it will surprise any self respecting feminists. Since when does any male dominated institution recognize rape as a serious crime?

    In fact most women who claim they have been raped are often viewed by the male dominated media, police, courts etc as if they are making up these allegations.

    This is an example of why so many women do not report rapes.

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  2. MJanuary 6, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    I don't understand why you are surprised that feministing posts about gay/trans activism. Feminism is about all people. I agree with the fact that the site is biased though when it comes to age/class.

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  3. Owl EyesJanuary 6, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    So do they REALLY look at EVERYONE, or just privileged academics who want to discuss the wage gap in America?

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