Uh... hrm. Stuff like this really flips the The Only Winning Move Is Not to Play switch in my head, because the best answer, so far as I can frame it, is NOT to show pictures of stunning feminists, because that can become a tacit endorsement of arbitrary beauty standards (because lets face it, one of the reasons that feminism is critically important is because not everybody is allowed by society to feel secure and confident about how they look) and, much like the Real Women Have [x] movements, its going to shame people who exist outside of whatever descriptor is in play. Women look lots of different ways. Beauty is not one discrete concept. I mean, Im sure sharing selfies is nice for those people who feel confident with their appearance, and that confidence should indeed be celebrated, but the context here is all wrong. Regardless of intentions, these responses can easily turn into a re-enforcing of the toxic standards that leave many other people in paralyzing cycles of psychological and physical self-abuse. Not to sound like the ideology-police, but if your response to Feminists are Ugly is to distribute pictures of feminists that fall within the anti-feminists concept of beauty, then I think your approach to feminism is lacking in breadth and empathy. In proving them wrong, their limited notions of beauty are still held up. We should question where the shit these people are getting their ideals of attractiveness. And we should ask them why they think anybody should care to listen.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 22:59:42 +0000
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