May
19
“After all, if there’s anything the mainstream media loves, it’s painting feminists - specifically young feminists - as vapid and sex-crazed.
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There’s a reason that the mainstream media continually covers young feminists in this way. Backlash is part of it, of course: framing feminism as a perpetual catfight or a watered down movement based on drinking and fucking is a great way to dismiss it. But it’s also indicative of a media that has no interest in nuance or truthfulness when it comes to covering women.” The media’s feminism problem
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There’s a reason that the mainstream media continually covers young feminists in this way. Backlash is part of it, of course: framing feminism as a perpetual catfight or a watered down movement based on drinking and fucking is a great way to dismiss it. But it’s also indicative of a media that has no interest in nuance or truthfulness when it comes to covering women.” The media’s feminism problem
