I'm an American feminist who's been fed up with Republicans and evangelical Christians from quite a young age. I've never voted anything other than Green (very progressive and very small) or Democrat. I also support BLM in my local community, am VERY anti-gun and pro-climate protection, anti-surrogacy and egg donation - probably the furthest thing from an American conservative you can get (women are encouraged by Evangelical Christians to be vessels for babymaking - hello GILEAD). I found MN because American feminist Facebook groups and GC reddit were infiltrated/shut down by TRAs.
Remember the Women's March? Support was sky high in 2017 - then a few years later, it petered out, in large part to political extremists (anti-semites, TRAs and Farrakhan obsessed) taking over the orgs. The majority of the women marching in the US were pissed about Trump, worried about losing abortion rights and fed up w/ sexual harassment. But then, the small, but vocal extremists asked American women to put away our pink pussy hats by people who clearly had never seen a real one up close (they ain't hot pink and yes, we all have them) and asked us to stop talking about biology - which, for American women who don't even HAVE all sex-based rights in our constitution, is quite shocking. (no Equality Act here).
the Shizes of the internet have little understanding of American politics, our binary political parties or our feminism...but other American feminists reading, I know you are out there - probably talking in quiet. We exist in small groups as progressive parents quietly whispering in fear for our children who seem taken by an ideology we see as extremely regressive, misogynistic and the opposite of feminism.
So thank you brilliant women of MN for allowing us this space to learn and connect - English makes it easier for Americans to be here and this American is very grateful.
Second Lipstick Alley - I only lurk there, but they rock.