Then I joined Twitter and I bonded with anti-feminists, Honey Badgers and other critics with whom I enjoyed insightful, progressive discussions about the movement. They were all ultimately respectful of my decision to defend my label but at some point I began to feel that I was spending a massive amount of time explaining who I was and where I sat- on the periphery of the movement- to the detriment of the amount of time I had to spend talking about things that really matter. At the same time I was contributing to feminist discussion on there and finding that as a voice consistent with the dictionary definition of feminism I was a heretical voice within the movement. Not only this, but, for my trouble, I was constantly insulted and slandered- I’ve been called a rape apologist, a victim blamer, my competency as a mother has been questioned and I’ve been instructed to ‘hand in [my] feminist card on the way out’. I can hear a chorus of voices raised “That’s just a minority of rad fems, you can’t define the movement by them!”. Well, I would dispute that it’s a minority- lack of grace in discourse aside, the theories those women were defending were mainstream…
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:26:15 +0000
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