Dear The Internet, This Is Why You Can't Have Anything Nice

[DonCoquixote]

39. actually, I agree with you.

But when Susan Faludi, someone calling herself a feminist, starts selling this stuff, well, does it really help? I personally wonder if there are some feminists reading "matricide" and going "Susan my dear, I politely say you are full of it."

By the way here is the article:
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2010/10/0083140

And the backlash:
http://bullybloggers.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/justifiable-matricide-backlashing-faludi-by-jack-halberstam/

http://feministing.com/2010/09/27/electras-talk-back-responses-to-susan-faludis-harpers-piece/

I especially like this quote from the second:

"I talked to my own mom as I was deciding how to respond to this article and she said this: “The way I see it, you have to stop listening to my voice at times, so you can learn to listen to your own.” I depend on both my own mother, and the larger feminist legacy, for wisdom, but I expect to be seen and heard accurately and compassionately in return. It’s time that we took this dialogue to a new level; instead we’re wallowing in finger-pointing and holier-than-thou judgment. There are real enemies out there, waiting for our good energy and savvy methodologies. Let’s not waste all of our time parodying one another."

Amen.