Stassa, how old are you? Bc you have seriously confused your waves of feminism.

There is room for a nuanced discussion of #MeToo—its failures, sucesses, and potential futures; discussions that are free from accusations of “witch hunts” and “feminist hysteria.” But that complexity is not to be found in the embrace of liberal second-wave liberalism.

In fact, why not blame the “oh come on, toughen up and be a Cool Girl like us” on the MOST recent wave.... which was that sort of performative “I’ll wax my pussy and act in porn all I want and you can’t tell me what to do” Spice Girl Feminism? Makes as much sense as blaming Steinem et al. for being calcified.

Thank you. Reading this all I could think was “I fail to see how the feminist mindset she’s critiquing here is reflected or rooted in the activism of, say, Andrea Dworkin, Shulamith Firestone, Catherine MacKinnon, etc.”

I stg, the author just wanted to throw a jab at second wave feminists for some reason.

It’s just another excuse to pick on us #olds

Exactly. Katie Roiphe was detested by feminists when her stupid Morning After rape book came out. Also, her career began during the Third Wave in the 90s. This is like claiming Ivanka Trump as an example of Millennial Feminism.

Yeah, this is a bizarre take. Deneuve has been pretty open throughout her career about not wanting to be identified with the feminist movement, and Roiphe has specifically positioned herself as a foil to feminists from the get-go. It might be possible to make this case using other second-wave feminists, but Deneuve…

You titled this wrong. If you want to go after liberal feminism, go ahead, but this is not about second wave feminists. You can find this kind of “feminism” in every feminist generation, including your own.

Yeah, I thought fun feminism was 3rd wave.

I’ve always defined third-wavers as the ones who let legislatures erode our abortion rights so they could talk about how much they liked porn, but that’s probably not what you’re looking for.

This article really underscores that while jezebel is great with pointing out the many flaws of lena dunham’s twitter feed, it doesn’t “get” feminist theory.  

Second wave feminism is the absolute anthesis of “liberal” feminism, aka “fun” feminism. You seem to be labeling these women as “second wave” because of their age. Not very feminist of you, is it?

America is very guilty of ignoring Trump’s racist statements and actions but the outrage is not coming from the “insult” to the (hot white) host on that video - it’s the description of assault. He already insulted “hot white women” many times, including Megan Kelly. The leaked video is more like if he was on video…

Yeah, I know people actually do it. As the Amnesty proposal highlights, sex work is very diverse. I’m really not in a rush to promote laws that benefit privileged women at the expense of less privileged women.

Because a sex worker from NOLA knows what it’s like to be a sex worker that is part of trafficking in Eastern Europe? I’m not sitting here rattling off my opinion. I’m just encouraging people to look more into the research on sex trafficking and how policy decisions can help or hinder it. I’m not going to shut the…

Right. The enormous, vast majority who join by choice, huh? What a pleasant fantasy.

I would caution that anyone who wants to jump on the legalized prostitution wagon after hearing this to research the impact on legalizing prostitution on human trafficking. You may think something legal is easier to regulate, but it really seems to provide a market where the storefront can be legal and what flows…

Read the actual petition. It’s not just celebrities. It is authorities on the sex trade, human rights experts, doctors and sex workers themselves who have devised this petition and signed it. It is a blatantly pro decriminalization petition too, despite what this article says. What it is opposing is the…

This article is absolute garbage. You have completely misrepresented what is happening here and you should be fucking fired. You crap on at length about how these celebrities are against decriminalization of sex work, yet fail to acknowledge the following statement: