[Jezebel is] a prime example of the feminist blogospheres tendency to tap into the market force of what Ive come to think of as outrage world-- the regularly occurring firestorms stirred up on mainstream, for-profit, [plutocracy-owned], woman-targeted blogs ... Theyre ignited by writers who are pushing readers to feel what the writers claim is righteously indignant rage but which is actually just petty jealousy, cleverly marketed as feminism. These firestorms are great for page-view-pimping bloggy business. But they promote the exact opposite of progressive thought and rational discourse, and the comment wars they elicit almost inevitably devolve into didactic one-upsmanship and faux-feminist cliché. The vibe is less sisterhood-is-powerful than middle-school clique in-fight, with anyone who dares to step outside of chalk-drawn lines delimiting whats empowering and anti-feminist inevitably getting flamed and shamed to bits.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:42:22 +0000
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