You know feminism is not "the opposite" of MRA's [View all]

Or Men's groups. There is a false dichotomy here and it's this; in order to have relevance, those with no clear agenda, nothing but just strong emotion--usually anger--need an "other" to define themselves.

Feminists fought injustice, for decades we have fought it. We fight for reproductive rights. We fight to own our sexuality, we're beginning to pull ourselves out of the white, cis, hetero trap-- a trap that can only lead to more injustice. We MUST not get trapped into it and embracing intersectionallity IMO, is the best way--at least it's my way.

I'm not saying toxic males and their groupies aren't harmful-- they cause incredible, perhaps irreversible damage-- but the feminisms I'm familiar are more about action and activism and truth, Not ridiculous blogs and conspiracy discussion boards--and although blogs and discussion boards exist in abundance with feminisms-- and yes a few are whacked out--there is actual activism to attach to it. In other words, we get out there and do shit.

A feminist activist is always threatened with something violent, not nessisarily at DU, where no matter how we might not like the system, that shit doesn't fly, (unless it's coded very carefully and passes a jury) and it doesn't matter what "kind" of feminist you are; from Feman to Eco-feminists, you speak up, you will be threatened with violence. Period. Always.

People have short attention spans. We always have weeks of one topic or the other, with thread after thread after thread, just as we have recently with gender, but you see DU is not a fraction of who I am or what I do.

But there's just something about feminists and feminist topics isn't there? Something threatening or tiresome or perhaps even irrelevant to detractors. And if you find that strange on a progressive discussion board, well that's because it is.

I have a difficult time describing how repulsive it is to me personally be considered an "opposite" in order to give a discordant and dishonest set of vague ideas substance.

There now, I just wanted it get that out. I'm going back to reading Hellblazer--NOT a feminist comic book although it has it's moments, but I'm rereading the entire series, because I have it first of all, but mostly because I always love the anti-hero's like John Constantine. Like Seabeyond.


Because nobodies perfect, as they say.