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
In the absence of a natural story, the only thing people can do is keep some sort of score. Men taken down, seats won in Congress under a banner.
#Occupy had the same problem. It’s why “movements” on the Left generally gain less traction than on the Right. Cf. Lakoff model
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Modern Conservatism has little to do with what Lakoff was trying to explain. The problem here is simple: "Equal rights for women" isn't a "natural story" for so many. (Making my own reproductive decisions and getting equal pay for equal work seem pretty natural to me).
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It would work if it were about an ethnic minority confined to a lower economic class. A story that’s about half the species, and one that spans all the classes, has to be bigger. “The patriarchy” is a story that, whether you like it or not, is at the right scale.
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