sexism, lets play.

[ElboRuum]

160. Well, actually.

If you claim to be a feminist, and work against and undermine the efforts of other feminists, are you a feminist?

I prefer to let other people's words speak for them, and really, every label has a definition, a minimum requirement for proper application. For a 'feminist' this would entail support for people trying to draw attention to the feminist cause, not just here, but around the world. When a person spends so much time undermining other people's views and efforts on what is or isn't feminism or whether he/she approves of activity taken in its name, it isn't about feminism anymore, its about the ego of the person taking the umbrage, pure and simple. Not content to act positively in the realm of feminism, she, through her words on this board, has actively demonstrated contempt for feminists who don't follow her narrow view of what appropriate action in its name is, nor give appropriate primacy on her narrow view what "true feminism" really is.

She, like so many second wavers, have expressed nothing but contempt for the values of those who followed, as evidenced by her posting (I believe in another thread) of a cartoon strip casually dismissive of third wave interpretation of feminism. So she reaps what she sows. And that, I believe anyway, is how it should be.

I am not going to stand in judgment of sea's feminist "street cred". I'll let her words speak for her. And what they are saying of late has caused me to wonder (as I'm sure its crossed the minds of many others): does she really care about the rights of women, or is she just acting in self interest of her own interpretation of feminism, propping up the edifice of her own philosophical view at the expense of feminism itself?