Mentions (18)
"however reading the vile, shallow, and disgusting comments that men on here make about women encouraged me to read second wave feminist lit, support the women in my life more, and re-identify with feminism."
"I'm not even deep into second wave feminism and think i'm pretty pro-sex + know so many sexually active men without these problems. But it is so glaringly clear when meeting one."
"Of course Scarlett O'Hara, who is an extremely complex and fascinating female character, can be viewed as a misogynist portrayal under modern feminism. Maybe it's because I'm young, but it honestly made me sad how the discussion was derailed with faux social justice talking points."
"there was this whole sort of meta-genre of music, "Adult Contemporary" that was basically marketed at 2nd wave coffee shops and young boomers/gen x"
"if the 2020s are truly a repeat of the 1970s, radical feminism needs its moment and i feel like that moment is now. its a radfem summer"
"she's nice but she's one of those weird radical feminists who keeps talking about how she'll never shave her pits"
"Based on a short story by "Travis McGee" author John D. MacDonald and starring future radical feminist author and Sandra Bullock lookalike Robin Morgan"
"Sure I believe in gender equality on a global scale but feminists are annoying often and I don't want to align myself with any sort of movement. I used to be a hardcore feminist blah blah blah but realized I was apart of a deranged culture who couldn't think for themselves"
"a girlboss is (charitably) someone who has focused on their career and liberated themselves from the economic nessecity previously opressing women, which is why it was such a big part of second wave feminism to go beyond women being secretaries"
"We're all feminists or whatever terms you might like to use, but the angry, passionate black and white "you must think this way otherwise you're evil" mindset has slipped away."
"Feminists have been writing about how even the smallest manifestation of unconscious bias can have a profound impact on the self esteem of women"
"TV actresses from the era of second-wave feminism"
"cringe second wave Schweppes "nevertheless *s*he persisted" feminism"
"48% of right wing men now believe that women need to return to their 'traditional roles,' which is a stark increase from just 28% in 2022. Gen Z men are also the first generation to be more hostile towards feminism than the preceding generation"
"The Movement's emphasis on "the personal is political" has made it easier for trashing to flourish."
"Beck...damns a middle-class woman for hiring a cleaner, but has nothing to say about a middle-class man paying for sex"
"I'm a socialist and a feminist but I know why the right is succeeding in the US,after the great recession their was a real chance to bring real change to the US and the world but instead of real activism Snarky feminist bloggers started taking charge"
"Half ironic performance, half cheeky tantrum, a revival of difference feminism, this time as farce."