February 5, 2012
feministdisney:

alimarko:

feministdisney:

“To be honest, Dawson, it’s really quite simple.   Remember- feminism is not only about examining and fighting the oppressions and problems of women.   It’s about reacting to all types of social problems, including racism, queer rights, classism, fat shaming, trans*hate, gender binary and forced gender roles that hurt men as well, and so on and so forth.”  Basil paused to tinker with one of the beakers in his laboratory before continuing;
“But!  What’s also curious is that even if we stick to the more second wave definition, the idea that feminism is wrong because one knows of no “alternative movement for men” (even though several- both good and bad in their setup- do exist) is such a faulty one!   If I created a fan club for mice, are you going to chastise me for not simultaneously creating a fan club for cats?    If it doesn’t exist, too bad for the cats, but that doesn’t really reflect at all on the validity of the mouse fan club.”
based on this original post

I love feministdisney so much. Not only is the second argument awful for that reason, but also that if you are criticizing a movement for only being applicable to half of the world’s population (as untrue as that is!), you’re kind of an asshole for not caring about that one half of the population.

indeed!

feministdisney:

alimarko:

feministdisney:

“To be honest, Dawson, it’s really quite simple.   Remember- feminism is not only about examining and fighting the oppressions and problems of women.   It’s about reacting to all types of social problems, including racism, queer rights, classism, fat shaming, trans*hate, gender binary and forced gender roles that hurt men as well, and so on and so forth.”  Basil paused to tinker with one of the beakers in his laboratory before continuing;

“But!  What’s also curious is that even if we stick to the more second wave definition, the idea that feminism is wrong because one knows of no “alternative movement for men” (even though several- both good and bad in their setup- do exist) is such a faulty one!   If I created a fan club for mice, are you going to chastise me for not simultaneously creating a fan club for cats?    If it doesn’t exist, too bad for the cats, but that doesn’t really reflect at all on the validity of the mouse fan club.”

based on this original post

I love feministdisney so much. Not only is the second argument awful for that reason, but also that if you are criticizing a movement for only being applicable to half of the world’s population (as untrue as that is!), you’re kind of an asshole for not caring about that one half of the population.

indeed!

(via vag-enius)

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