Why "fun feminism" should be consigned to the rubbish bin

[mackattack]

47. I read the article

I didnt add any normative values to the interpretation. Not trying to take anything away. Is there only on correct interpretation? From reading the comments here, there appears to be confusion about the author's thesis.


Breakdown of key points made in the article; paragraph by paragraph:

1. "What is feminism? A political movement to overthrow male supremacy"

2. "feminist-lite" types can be found blogging nonsense about the need to include men in our movement...."

3. "We need to bring back the radical edge to feminism"

4. "If men like a particular brand of feminism, it means it is not working."

5. "Heterosexual women know full well that most men run a mile away from proper, radical feminism, so they chose to spout the type of nonsense about lipstick and burlesque that the boys just love to hear."

6. ""It is not about personal liberty and freedom, but the emancipation from oppression and tyranny for ALL women, whatever our race or class."

7. "Fun feminism" isn't feminism at all. It is about the rights of the individual."

8. "For heterosexual women, feminism can be a nightmare. Women are the only oppressed group who are expected to love their oppressor."

So, being for individualism is bad. Engaging in and celebrating heterosexual relationships is bad for the movement. Finally, we need to return to the "radical" brand of feminism which includes the rejection of males as they, like whites in a racist society, are the source of oppression. That oppression cannot be rectified through any means other than rejecting the nightmare that is a heterosexual view of feminism.