Hiding behind feminism allows the problematic girlboss to rebrand and remain unanswerable to the harm she has caused. Inclusivity is worn as a skin to deflect bad behavior. TW: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse By Gloria Oladipo Nadya Okamoto has been described as “inspirational” and a “leader of the menstrual movement” after founding the non-profit “PERIOD”...
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How Lauren Duca and Other Liberals Weaponize Feminist Language To Uphold Oppressions
In the over-simplification of feminist language, Lauren Duca and other so-called feminists have stripped feminist theory of its anti-capitalist stance. By Nashwa Lina Khan In January 2020, The Independent published a piece by Lauren Duca entitled “In Backing Liz Warren And Amy Klobuchar, The New York Times Rejected Toxic Masculinity- As We All Should”. The...
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Rashida Tlaib Has Nothing To Apologize For — Hillary Clinton Deserves Condemnation
Rep. Rashida Tlaib is correct to disapprove of Clinton — publicly, privately, or however she may choose. Last week, Representative Rashida Tlaib engaged the crowd of a caucus event for Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, as they booed Hillary Clinton — encouraging a rightful condemnation of the former Secretary of State. Clinton, in the past month,...
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White Women Are Complicit in Rape Culture Too
White women are either ignorant or indifferent to how white supremacy uses sexual violence to maintain the oppression of racialized bodies. This essay contains discussions of r/pe and sexual violence It’s not that I don’t like white women, it’s that I can no longer fully trust them. It’s a hard lesson I’ve had to learn...
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White Feminists Built a Narrative of Innocence To Mask Their Racism
The violence of white feminists relies on the carefully constructed myth of white womanhood’s innocence, purity, and righteousness. An important yet overlooked scene of the 2004 movie, Iron Jawed Angels, was the disservice of Ida B. Wells (Adilah Barnes) at the hands of suffragette, Alice Paul (Hilary Swank), who asks Wells to march at the...
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White Women Have Always Voted In Their Self-Interests
Williams is free to tell every white woman to vote in her “self-interest”, but white women’s self-interest will always spell disaster for the rest of us. Having white faves is a dangerous fucking game. And something about having that orange baboon in the office has made white folx…sloppier than usual. I was reminded of this...
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White Feminism, Brown Skin: Jameela Jamil Is Who She Claims to Protest
Jameela Jamil uses her identity to shield herself from criticism while setting Black women up for her fans to attack (and apparently report into silence) without a hint of irony. TW/CW: Jameela Jamil, STIs/STDs, racism, misogyny, misogynoir, whorephobia By Adrie Rose Hello, my name is Adrie and I am 100%, unequivocally NOT rooting for everyone...
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Nancy Pelosi Is More Than Complicit In The Racism Inflicted Against Her Colleagues
White women like Pelosi pave the path from covert racism to audacious racism. White feminism is insidious, and that fact has been markedly demonstrated by Nancy Pelosi and her relentless criticism of a few progressive members of Congress — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib — all women of color. White feminism...
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Wear Your Voice’s Sherronda J. Brown Wins Planned Parenthood 2019 Media Excellence Award
Planned Parenthood celebrates journalists and Missouri abortion providers at the 2019 Media Excellence Awards. On Monday evening, we gathered with other writers, journalists, and activists at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Media (PPFA) Excellence Awards to celebrate our Managing Editor, Sherronda J. Brown, as she received an award for her article, “‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ And...
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Taylor Swift ‘Embraces’ LGBTQ People While Ignoring Her Nazi Fanboys
She may be trying to become the next queen of the gays, but Swift will remain an erstwhile “Aryan goddess” until she forcefully proves otherwise. By Noor Al-Sibai Move over, Gaga — Taylor Swift is attempting a coup as she auditions for a new role as self-appointed queen of the gays, replete with a racist...