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New concept: internet feminism.
This is not, as internet Asperger's is not related to real life Asperger's, related to real-life feminism, as the goal of Internet Feminism is not equality in all its munificent facets. No, the goal of Internet Feminism is "to be taken so incredibly seriously."
This leads to humourlessness. This leads to insulting other women who "aren't feminist enough". This leads to all kinds of incredibly-insulting behaviour to both men and women, all justified under the label of "I'm a feminist."
I am not now, nor will I ever be an Internet Feminist.
Things I will continue to do: make fun of people regardless of gender and without gender as my basis for humour; find rape and abuse jokes hilarious; not conflate MY feminism with only listening to Internet-feminist-approved music (and consuming other media with the same criteria); refuse to take Internet Feminists seriously; find multiple genders and sexualities attractive, without regard to the latest Internet Feminist Manifesto.
You know what? If you gotta defend it that hard, it ain't worth having. If you gotta talk smack about how other women aren't feminist enough, rather than talking about how access to healthcare is being denied to women in far vaster proportions than to men, then you're doing it wrong. If YOUR LIFE is personally threatened by the existence of someone like Millionaires, or the Pussycat Dolls, you need to GET a life.
You know the worst thing about Internet Feminism? It's the sort of "activism" where all you have to do is bitch about it in your blog, you don't have to do anything about it, because Christ knows, it's easier to whine about the Millionaires than it is to write to their parent corporation and suggest that publication of such music is distasteful and you will not be consuming any of that company's media in any form until such acts are off their label.
Except - I forgot! - that the main point of Internet Feminism is that you don't actually have to follow through and curtail your own life - you just have to bitch about it to prove that you're an awesome feminist. Follow through need not exist.
This is not, as internet Asperger's is not related to real life Asperger's, related to real-life feminism, as the goal of Internet Feminism is not equality in all its munificent facets. No, the goal of Internet Feminism is "to be taken so incredibly seriously."
This leads to humourlessness. This leads to insulting other women who "aren't feminist enough". This leads to all kinds of incredibly-insulting behaviour to both men and women, all justified under the label of "I'm a feminist."
I am not now, nor will I ever be an Internet Feminist.
Things I will continue to do: make fun of people regardless of gender and without gender as my basis for humour; find rape and abuse jokes hilarious; not conflate MY feminism with only listening to Internet-feminist-approved music (and consuming other media with the same criteria); refuse to take Internet Feminists seriously; find multiple genders and sexualities attractive, without regard to the latest Internet Feminist Manifesto.
You know what? If you gotta defend it that hard, it ain't worth having. If you gotta talk smack about how other women aren't feminist enough, rather than talking about how access to healthcare is being denied to women in far vaster proportions than to men, then you're doing it wrong. If YOUR LIFE is personally threatened by the existence of someone like Millionaires, or the Pussycat Dolls, you need to GET a life.
You know the worst thing about Internet Feminism? It's the sort of "activism" where all you have to do is bitch about it in your blog, you don't have to do anything about it, because Christ knows, it's easier to whine about the Millionaires than it is to write to their parent corporation and suggest that publication of such music is distasteful and you will not be consuming any of that company's media in any form until such acts are off their label.
Except - I forgot! - that the main point of Internet Feminism is that you don't actually have to follow through and curtail your own life - you just have to bitch about it to prove that you're an awesome feminist. Follow through need not exist.
