Privilege, Feminism and the Class Struggle

[Prism]

5. Modern feminism has become "middle class white women with pet peeves"

At least, as far as media attention goes. But also on the internet. You comb through the internet, various websites, tumblr, etc.

Intersectionality is just too rarely in evidence.

I think my favorite, "Did you just write that out loud?!" moment is when Jezebel posted an article about the sexism of office air conditioning. It caught on, and people had a serious debate about this.

Women being adequately paid, a strong social safety net, the increasingly terrifying diminishing of medical choice and support across the country. Yeah, yeah. But, a writer somewhere was somewhat chilly at some point, so let's discuss that for a bit.

*facepalms*

What does it say when ostensible feminist websites get worked up about the representation of Black Widow in Marvel movies? Oh, gee, all the problems are solved, are they? The people who write and foment this nonsense are incredibly privileged. They're fine. So they pick around the edges.

Yeah. Yeah, meanwhile, here on the ground . . .

Women are getting ground into the dust by patriarchy. Choice is under attack as it hasn't been in a generation. The social safety net is not approaching single mothers with support - rather, social services increasingly approach with judgement and skepticism. Independent female thought is being crushed by dogmatism.

It's a mess.

But flip on the news, and what kind of story do you see? "Lucy from Elm Street, is the layout of the local supermarket really an attack on you as a woman?!"

Agh agh agh agh agh!