I probably should have realized sooner

Mar 07, 2013 19:49

I just realized what certain points of my feminist philosophy that conflict with a lot the shallow pop feminism on the internet have in common with my dissatisfaction with a lot of the escapist reading I try to do only to be thwarted by unpleasant in the world I'm supposed to prefer to this one. I believe that any better world worth building in ( Read more... )

smash the patriarchy, get off my side, mother, meta

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tigerpetals March 15 2013, 03:12:15 UTC
Plenty of 'fluffy, escapist' reading is at my expense or my family's. Over the years it's become increasingly hard for me to not be serious and actually enjoy such things. I understand that feeling.

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gryphonsegg March 15 2013, 22:38:46 UTC
A lot of the things I read as a kid or a young adult that were really, really formative for me and important to me look pretty awful in hindsight. Many of them placed an emphasis on the main girl in the story being great at the expense of other girls. I was well into my twenties before I began to realize how toxic that was.

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