[ SECRET POST #2555 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2555 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Attack on Titan/Shingeki No Kyojin]


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03.
[The Muppet Movie]


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04.
[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]


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05.
[Frozen]


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06.
[Once Upon a Time]


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07.
[Dissonance]


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08.
[Zooey Deschanel]


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09.
[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]


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10.
[Eona: The Last Dragoneye]














Notes:

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 2 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Can feminism be reclaimed or is it time to change?

[(Anonymous)]

I find that many self-identified feminists are rather disingenuous when it comes to defining what feminism is. They start by saying that if you believe in fundamental rights like women being able to vote and own their own property; equal pay for equal work; hiring people on the basis of ability rather than gender; etcetera, then you simply must be a feminist, and that to be non-feminist one must be against basic human rights. However, as soon as somebody starts to identify as a feminist based on this fairly loose definition, but doesn’t fall in line with other ideological points then they’re told that to be a feminist they can’t just simply be in favour of gender equality when it comes to fundamental rights... they also have to find certain media trends/representations problematic; be anti beauty industry; be anti slut-shaming; be politically anti-racist, anti-homophobia & anti-ableist; be anti cultural appropriation; believe in certain conceptualisations of ‘patriarchy’ and ‘rape culture’, disapprove of gendered insults, etcetera.

Now, if it was just a case of one faction having one working definition of feminism and another faction having a different one, I could understand it. My problem is that time and time again I see the same people offer up the first definition as bait and then hold anyone who bites to the latter I understand they find their beliefs the most moral beliefs and think that people should share them, but you can disapprove of somebody's beliefs without being misleading and inconsistent about what your own movement stands for.

While I could probably be defined as a feminist in the dictionary definition sense, I don’t identify as one. I’ve found that in the UK, or at least the part of it where I live, those who have similar views to me don’t tend identify as feminists, while those who do tend to have a fairly different worldview. The fact is that I don’t have to adopt the label to be pro choice, pro gay marriage, and against people being denied employment because of their race. I can take a stance on particular issues without signing up to a whole manifesto of positions that I may or may not agree with.