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So it’s the 2nd annual women’s march. In 2017 it flooded all media. This year barely a ripple. And I see it’s dissolved into internecine controversy about hats and a why-isn’t-it-bigger story about Trump’s magazine spanking. There’s a lesson here, but damned if I know what it is
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It’s really not news if its just a rerun with no new message to the movement, I don’t blame them. It’s not seeking sensationalism so much as a bare reason to cover. If bickering over a cap symbol can swamp any larger message that might have been there, not a good sign
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I think the narrative here is fundamentally weaker. There is a central character (“woman”) and an energy (which shows up as takedowns of specific men, like Weinstein, or institutions), but no overall plot. The Tea Party had a story (constitutional originalism initially).
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There’s an easier story to tell. “Go back to what the founding fathers intended” “Women’s rights” ends up being “well the younger women are now arguing with Margaret Atwood about what that means and the Babe writer is arguing with other journalists...is this 3rd or 4th wave?”
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I think what’s actually going on is that the media is wired to tell a Hero’s Journey type story with a clear person or idea at the core. Not this kind of carrier bag tale. Just a harder story to tell. It’s a compiler error, not a conspiracy of silence.