Much of liberal feminism is simply framing the capitulation to normalized violence against women as liberatory.
from Magic Poppy
It is true, and very much to the point, that women are objects, commodities, some deemed more expensive than others - but it is only by asserting one’s humanness every time, in all situations, that one becomes someone as opposed to something. That, after all, is the core of our struggle.
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Libfems remind me of animal rights activists who still eat animals, or who go on endless rants about how angry fur-wearing makes them but who buy leather themselves. Sinking into the quicksand like everybody else, but at least the pose is heroic.
Nailed it.