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Elightening article by respected feminist about mothers and female only spaces?

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RedHoodGirl · 11/04/2018 09:45

Has anyone else read this enlightening article by respected feminist Julian Vigo about how mothers are excluded from some strands of feminism? It’s quite shocking what she’s uncovered.

www.counterpunch.org/2018/03/30/the-spawn-feminisms-misandry-problem/

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LangCleg · 11/04/2018 10:09

Julian is talking about a very small subset of women who call themselves radical feminists and the article is all about how they really shouldn't be calling themselves radical feminists, given the attitude towards mothers.

She's not saying this is typical of radical feminism. She's saying this is a small group of hyper-privileged people appropriating radical feminism. It's an interesting article and I agree with her that it's yet another example of how identifarians appropriate and corrupt language to misrepresent themselves and their beliefs.

At the outset of austerity, I noticed similar dismissive attitudes towards mothers from people I'd call "media feminists". Those of use who were trying to point out the intersections of austerity cuts - welfare, women's services, legal aid - that would compound so that working class women would have their equality curtailed were told such things as not all women are breeders on the regular.

UpstartCrow · 11/04/2018 10:07

That isnt radical feminism as I know it. We usually arrange a creche.

RedHoodGirl · 11/04/2018 10:07

Thank you @Milvusmilvus for adding the clicky link Smile

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Milvusmilvus · 11/04/2018 10:04

Clicky link
www.counterpunch.org/2018/03/30/the-spawn-feminisms-misandry-problem/

Mouthtrousersafrocknowandthen · 11/04/2018 09:55

Honestly, those radical feminists, how dare any of them think? And speaking, that's just of naughty of them. Let's block all radical feminists. Anyone got a list?

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