Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars

[Lunacee_2013]

5. I do see some in-fighting in the on-line feminism sphere.

Some people think all feminists are just uppity white women complaining that they don't have enough privilege (never mind the black feminist blogs), or that trans-women don't belong, or straight women are sleeping with the enemy, so to speak. I hate the I'm more feminist then you game, it only holds us back. Basically I think anyone who believes that women are the equals of men, and that a woman's body is her's alone, is a feminist. It doesn't mean that I don't go any further into feminist theory, just that I try not to judge other women's feminist cred.

The "night of a thousand vaginas" part, were someone complained that the name of the benefit hurt transgendered men, was just silly. It was a pro-choice rally, choice as in give birth or have an abortion and you need a vagina for that, which clearly explains the name. That's the in-fighting I'm talking about. Sometimes, some events just can't include everyone's different issue. And sometimes, issues other then the one(s) you (or I) are into aren't the ones being debated. And that's ok.

Thankfully though, most feminist spaces I visit are open and supportive.