It's amazing how much hostility has been generated by the simple suggestion to show gratitude to feminists/womanists. #tellafeministthankyou
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
Seems as though there's at least at much antipathy about acknowledging women's value & work as about feminism itself. Not a coincidence.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
I'm also unsurprised to see once again the attempts to discredit feminism by demeaning US activism. Feminism/womanism is global.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
And feminists/womanists aren't a monolith. There are iterations of feminism/womanism all over the world; it's different in different spaces.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
If you think there's a One True Feminism, you don't know a very basic thing about feminism.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
If you think hating patriarchy is the same thing as hating men, you are failing to understand a very basic thing about feminism.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
If you think that feminists are all alike, think all the same things, hold all the same beliefs, you fundamentally misunderstand feminism.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
If you think that men have nothing to gain via feminism, especially marginalized men, then you have a basic misunderstanding of feminism.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
If you think that no feminists can discern the difference between criticism and harassment, you are underestimating feminists.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
If you believe there is no need for feminism, you are not paying attention.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
If you think that feminist women can't be funny, you are missing out.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
If you think that feminist women have all the same needs and goals, let me introduce you to the concept of intersectionality.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
If you believe you don't need feminism in your life, you are very privileged. Lucky you!
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
I invite you to feminism. If you engage it with good faith, it might change your life.
— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) February 12, 2013
