Yes - I tried twice and thought it just sucked so terribly. I hate Kevin Spacey's accent so much. But I forced myself through and about 60% through the first season it got AMAZING! Now I'm hooked. Also, I definitely walk around like the baddest after I watch it because I take some adrenaline from the show.

Oh word I was seeing if I was forgetting something but I see what you're saying - thanks for clarifying! I think that is the flip side; in pointing on the terrible history of feminism, are we still falling into the trap of only looking at the history of white accomplishments? I like what you said about a truly…

The youths! I would say. First of all, regardless of age, all people are babies. One of the biggest frustrations people run into with older kids is "They never act their age!" Once you get over that dumb expectation, you're good. I manage adults at my work the same way I managed my high schoolers, which was the same…

It's okay girl I know the pain of going to war against white feminists on issues of race. It's like going to war with men on issues of gender - exhausting, but hope springs eternal...

I think it's pretty accurate. White feminists did build the club - in fact, most women's suffrage groups at that time were called clubs - and explicitly kept Black women from public events and leadership so as to expand their power to include segregationist women in the South. Those partnerships were absolutely formed…

I'm talking about the founders, who intentionally rejected Black female leaders from their ranks, particularly while trying to woo segregationist women, and who threw Black men under the bus instead of partnering for suffrage for all. Besides word of mouth from women in my family, I suppose I first got this feminist…

I'm going to think about this more, but probably going to steal it.

I think I'm confused by your initial comment or you were confused by my tone, because I was trying to agree with you. I was trying to be a little tongue in cheek: "Yeah, she's a feminist alright [eyeroll], as long as we assume we exclude all people of color when we say feminist. Oh we do like we always do? Alright go…

That's because of what feminism means political, economic, social, etc. gender equality. If feminism were just "equality for straight women" it wouldn't matter, but by electing to identify with a movement that includes anyone oppressed by their gender and gender identity, you have to include all people that fall into…

Join the club? LOL white women MADE the club, and built its power on keeping Black women out! It's no wonder people hold the label so close to their chests; the same way men who believe power is a zero-sum game fear women gaining entrance in their clubs, white feminists who believe power is a zero-sum game fear women…

I think it also depends on what you mean by "feminist". Selling shit to women isn't the same as feminism, even if we use that word (by which I mean "shit" like Cosmo - I still think individuals who are branded can be feminists).

Yup; if what you're reading is a mechanism of capitalism, it probably ain't as a feminist as you think (to paraphrase Angela Davis...jk I would never do that. To insultingly reappropriate the ideas of Angela Davis).

She's a feminist as long as we assume "feminism" means "white feminism".

Agree. The kind of "feminism" they're selling is mostly a message that white women can finally admit they enjoy sex and don't want to be called sluts for enjoying it. It speaks not at all to the experience of anyone other than privileged white hetero women. This type of "feminism" exists in a vacuum where history…

Is anti-porn feminists and prostitution-abolitionist feminists going into alliance with rightwing religious groups something that happens? I doubt it, but I'm willing to be convinced.

I'm confused about your argument. Are you saying she's not economically empowered because she is partaking in rape porn? I agree this particular porn she's engaging in reinforced some seriously anti-woman fantasies that prop up rape culture. But I am not arguing about the content. I don't care what pornographic acts…

She does have a nice voice! I can't wait for really big wigs to make a comeback; hopefully that's next after high-waisted jeans.

In a patriarchal system, women neither hold the same power nor benefit from restricting women's access to power as men do so it's not as relevant. Anyone who subscribes to patriarchal expectations or strict gender binaries can fall into the category I describe, but assuming power is a zero sum game (which people at…

It's more about how small the sample size is, I think. Something you always look at in statistics is voluntary responses. That is, you might assume that women/people who didn't return the survey didn't have experience being harassed, which would tell that OF the people surveyed, 86% were women, saying nothing to the…

Yes! And it's hard to describe because it's seemingly all based on intuition. If you accused someone of creep staring you, they'd just deny it or people would think you're crazy. I'm not crazy! Creep do this and they know they can get away with it!