Gains for women were not made made by a few radical women being shocking. They were made by widescale social change including both sexes.https://twitter.com/guardianbooks/status/837471606641315840 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
The reason western feminism focuses on petty things is because, if you ignore problems in Islam, all the big battles have been won.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Reading that article, the author appears to be a standard 2nd wave radical. She doesn't have to call herself a feminist ->
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Replying to @BristolBen @HPluckrose
(of course) but I find her arguments disingenious. She's is pretending to fight "choice feminism" (as do intersectionals) ->
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Replying to @BristolBen @HPluckrose
but is actually fighting against intersectional feminists by falsely painting them as "choice feminists"
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Replying to @BristolBen @HPluckrose
She cleverly ignores that she has the entire academia and feminists orgs on side in this issue.
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Replying to @BristolBen
Not as a Radfem, no. They'd call her a white feminist.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yes indeed but they agree with her regarding "choice feminism". They disagree on many other things, of course.
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Replying to @BristolBen
I'm not sure they do. That would be ppl like Valenti &
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really? They both consider themselves intersectionals and cite Bell Hooks continuously.
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Yes & then focus almost not at all on systems of privilege & marginalsed identity unless it's men & women.
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