feminism
Feminism, at its root, is radical only in the sense that it insists women are people. That’s it! Not goddesses, not perpetual victims, not vengeful Furies, not pocket-sized political statements designed to make brands feel relevant during Women’s History Month. Just… people. Capable of being brilliant and petty, nurturing and cruel, tender and
... See moreand focuses only on the needs of a narrow subset of already privileged women; a version of feminism that is toothless and apolitical and fails to challenge the injustice of existing power structures, aiming only to insert women at the top of them. This type of feminism, commonly referred to as neoliberal feminism, tends to overlook the aspects of
... See moreOtegha Uwagba • We Need to Talk About Money: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
This is the failure of reformism. Reformism is an insidious poison. It trains the oppressed to celebrate the leg room in their prison cell. We are taught that the few women who can reach high levels of success are enough to ignore the millions of women and marginalized genders suffering. We are taught that success makes up for oppression, and that... See more
Liberal Feminism and The Commodification of The Cunt
Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Single) (A Vintage Short)
A woman’s existential imperative, her happiness, her contentment, her protection, her provisioning, her empowerment, literally anything that benefits the feminine is not only encouraged socially, but in most cases mandated by law.
Rollo Tomassi • The Rational Male
"Feminism is supposed to be about equality."
No it isn't. It's about liberation. I don't want to be treated like a man. Y'all are not the blueprint. What I do want is to be free of men’s power and influence in determining how I'm treated as a human being.
From the outset of second-wave feminist activism in the 1960s, the three main branches of feminism were liberal, materialist, and radical. Liberal feminism worked incrementally to extend all the rights and freedoms of a liberal society to women. It was popular with broader liberal society “on the ground” and successfully reshaped the landscape of
... See moreHelen Pluckrose • Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
If our feminism can’t extend beyond our personal grievances with dating to address life and death issues women face globally then what the fuck are we doing