Fantastic as usual, Rob. I do wonder whether the scramble to include as many people as possible in feminism means that it becomes very difficult to define and fight the various (severe) challenges that the repeal of Roe vs Wade presents. Hence, the only alternative liberals like Valenti have is recommending action on a personal level, which is fraught with the issues that you touch on here and is a dead end for any actual political change.
Hey Tanya, you may have a point. It's difficult for me to know as I'm not close to the battles over abortion rights in the US, but it certainly seems plausible to me that a more individualised approach to feminism results in less cohesive opposition (refusal to form coalitions of support with anyone slightly ideologically different, etc), and not being able to agree on the boundaries of feminism is part of that fracturing (my personal view: feminism is for women and women alone).
You can’t leave out the corrosive effect of the internet and social media on this as well. It’s all just a fight for engagement and hashtags, and ‘sensible budget allocation’ doesn’t do as well as ‘I’m going to burn the system down man’
I am here to inform you that the forces of evil: the global capitalist oligarchy (and their minions), the WEF, the globalist Great Reset (and Great Replacement), the Great Satan of North America, the mass poisoners, the vaccine mandaters, the fascist Canadian eugenicists, the authoritarian Chinese, the Islamofascists, the Papists, the Social Fascist paedophile enablers (Sir Keith), the mass-murdering Tories, the half-baked beer-sodden yokels of Australia, all of the enemies of freedom around the world are going to be swept aside by the revolution that will eventually sweep through the entire world.
Then a new race of men will take over - pure-hearted men, dripping with masculinity, men with complete control over their desires, men so pure they won't even look with lust at a woman. Those men will then take our miserable race serenely to extinction. This is the New World Order we will create.
Fantastic as usual, Rob. I do wonder whether the scramble to include as many people as possible in feminism means that it becomes very difficult to define and fight the various (severe) challenges that the repeal of Roe vs Wade presents. Hence, the only alternative liberals like Valenti have is recommending action on a personal level, which is fraught with the issues that you touch on here and is a dead end for any actual political change.
Hey Tanya, you may have a point. It's difficult for me to know as I'm not close to the battles over abortion rights in the US, but it certainly seems plausible to me that a more individualised approach to feminism results in less cohesive opposition (refusal to form coalitions of support with anyone slightly ideologically different, etc), and not being able to agree on the boundaries of feminism is part of that fracturing (my personal view: feminism is for women and women alone).
Oh and thank you :)
You can’t leave out the corrosive effect of the internet and social media on this as well. It’s all just a fight for engagement and hashtags, and ‘sensible budget allocation’ doesn’t do as well as ‘I’m going to burn the system down man’
Yes, I do think that social media has sort of warped the way we interact. The loudest, maddest voices get the most attention.
I am here to inform you that the forces of evil: the global capitalist oligarchy (and their minions), the WEF, the globalist Great Reset (and Great Replacement), the Great Satan of North America, the mass poisoners, the vaccine mandaters, the fascist Canadian eugenicists, the authoritarian Chinese, the Islamofascists, the Papists, the Social Fascist paedophile enablers (Sir Keith), the mass-murdering Tories, the half-baked beer-sodden yokels of Australia, all of the enemies of freedom around the world are going to be swept aside by the revolution that will eventually sweep through the entire world.
Then a new race of men will take over - pure-hearted men, dripping with masculinity, men with complete control over their desires, men so pure they won't even look with lust at a woman. Those men will then take our miserable race serenely to extinction. This is the New World Order we will create.