Except when it’s convenient for them to disclaim feminism to avoid criticism. Then it’s just a blog with no editorial direction to which writers can be held accountable.

That’d be a really valid read if it weren’t for the extra step this piece takes that uses feminism as a shield against the criticism this site gets (and earns, in my opinion). This piece explicitly describes this site as feminist, but at other times writers and editors have disowned that label. They’re defending the…

But that’s the system they have and work within, so I think it is fair to expect them to recognize that and be self-aware about their complaints in light of it. I don’t mean they can’t complain about the feedback they get, it’s their blog. I just think the context takes a bit away from what they’re saying, whether…

It’s also at least a little funny to read something like this piece from a site with a commenting system that allows the writers to promote only those who agree with/flatter them.

I think it comes down to a disconnect between how the editors/writers see this site and how readers for the most part use it. It isn’t a reliable news source, it isn’t a real hub for any political movements. It’s entertainment and maybe a distraction. Readers react to clickbait-y items with the exact knee-jerk,…

I am on board with a lot of this, but then on another level it takes your [blogs’s] role in feminism as a movement too seriously. Jezebel isn’t really representative of feminist politics in a lot of ways. I wouldn’t argue that it needs to be, and I think I even remember writers and editors claiming it isn’t a feminist…

Yep, but the headline erases that distinction. I was also thrown by the ambiguity.