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Femalism / Femalist

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GNCQ · 18/04/2021 11:57

I watched Posie Parker on YouTube last night but I won't link to the video.

However, I did want to reference where I first heard the term.

She says, because "feminist" has basically been taken by men, and by women who are not centering women in the slightest, and doesn't mean what it should mean anymore (we're all familiar with "Everyday Feminism" with Riley J Dennis right?), there's a new term in need.

I think Femalist works quite well. Where "Feminist" seems to be linguistically linked to "feminine" (probably not the intention of the term but you can see it there) "Femalist" looks to be quite obvious what it's about.

Posie Parker is against "Gender Critical Feminist" as a term because in doing so you're basically supporting the idea of gender but from a protest position.

Protest Politics is not a position of power.

What's your opinion? I quite like the term instead of GC Feminist.

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GNCQ · 18/04/2021 13:05

Haha yes the "umbrella term" umbrella was really good. As was the we aren't mugs mugs.

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OhHolyJesus · 18/04/2021 12:13

I quite like the term too, it's clearly linked to females and the rights of women and girls rather than the claim of being a 'feminist' but are what I would describe as 'lib fem', 'choice feminism' or 'men's rights activism'.

I don't want to associate with that or 'gender critical' as that doesn't suit with what my concerns are.

I am against sex-based stereotypes when they are harmful and am against Self ID and increasingly I prefer to talk about issues, policies and laws rather than labels. For the most part I don't find them helpful.

I'm waiting for the new range of t shirts to come out but also fancy one of her pink umbrellas.