It’s getting increasingly painful to watch the huge rift between a subculture of white feminists and “tumblr/twitter feminism.”
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I’ve publicly side-eyed particularly egregious instances of anti-Twitter bullshit, but I’m very, very, very tired.
I know having the capacity to withdraw and be quiet is privilege. But I feel very alone and very lost inside whatever feminism is.
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I want to make Big Institutional Feminism better, and theoretically, I am in a unique position to do so.
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But in reality, I feel totally disempowered and disconnected from any larger movement or solidarity.
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The attacks, by my beloved friends, on Big Feminism are warranted. But they also make me feel alienated w/r/t things I love and care about.
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I edited a massive article on legislative reform enacted by Big White Feminism. I respect Gloria Steinem. I care about the ERA.
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Some of my favorite friends and closest feminist allies worked for NOW. Am I part of a problem? Do I deserve any solidarity?
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I am not entitled to solidarity from WOC. But hell, I’m getting *nothing* from Big White Feminism. So in that case, I really am alone.
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I will always maintain ongoing critical examination of my own practices. Not talking about how to theoretically resolve my feminism...
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… I know where I stand right now, and I will always strive to listen. I'm talking about my emotional need to have a family.
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But maybe feeling alone is the price I have to pay for my own intellectual journey.
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@sarahjeong Not the -same- thing, but maybe related to differences between ppl who "live on the internet" and ppl who don't, more broadly? -
@CopyrightLibn There’s a bit of that, and it’s very mixed up with race/class, which is hard. -
@CopyrightLibn Total class divide between feminists who publish on Tumblr, and others in mainstream pubs… -
@CopyrightLibn … and feminists who organize on Twitter w/o funding, and feminists who have orgs with funding and physical spaces to go w/
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