Someone rolled their eyes today when I dared to suggest that well-known celebrities who identify as feminists might not be so detrimental to the feminist movement as some might suggest. I think Rebecca Traisters well-worded critique of this common argument provides a succinct alternative to such a view: Big-name branding is not the be-all of a feminist revival, but the capitalist pole-dancers [Beyoncé Knowles] occupy mighty pop pulpits and their voices carry. I’d rather have those voices talking about feminism than not talking about it. By all means, let’s hash out the inconsistencies surrounding those figures: It’s healthy to consider the fact that a woman who puts FEMINIST in lights also informs men that, if they “liked it, they should have put a ring on it.” And yet past battles were fought by leaders just as beset by problematic contradictions (see, for example, the racism of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, or the homophobia and white middle-class myopia of Betty Friedan).
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:57:42 +0000
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