I really like this article. Marissa's article about the stay at home mom relates to this article in that the overarching theme is that there is no "one or right" feminism. I think I liked reading this article because it tells me that even though I might not have the same opinions as everyone in this class or in the larger feminist community, I can still believe in women's equality and wanting that to come into full effect someday.
The author outlined three points that feminists get wrong. They include:
1. The whole righteous anger thing Trying to get people to listen to you will never happen if you are screaming your opinions or pushing them onto someone else. Understanding of experiences is usually how people connect with an idea or movement.
2. No one is "setting feminism back 50 years"
Feminism is a strong movement and no one person will badly affect it that much. Focusing on things that one person does doesn't really help.
3. With feminism, there is no "you're doing it wrong"
This is my favorite of the three. It seems like common sense but with such a large and ongoing movement as feminism, it makes sense that people would want to make it more streamlined in some way.
Overall, definitely my favorite read on Thought Catalog so far.
This article genuinely feels like it's close to telling feminist to shut up. The whole tone is very condescending. Out of the hundreds of feminists I know, I can only name one person that I would call an "angry feminist." In fact this article totally plays into a stereotype that hardly exists. The last two are more comments for a larger cultural and really shouldn't be directed at feminism.
ReplyDeleteI really didn't get that from the article when I first read it. Rereading it though, I can definitely see where you're coming from. I guess I was looking at it from the point of never being exposed to true feminism so I was able to relate to it and wasn't too critical of it in the points you pointed out. Thanks for sharing your point of view!
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