how liberal feminism turns into fasc*sm

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[AliceCappelle]

I will correctly pronounce "neoliberalism" one day. I will correctly pronounce "neoliberalism" one day.

[abdullahahmed]

what's more ironic that doctor mosatafa barghtouti's wife is founder for Palestinian women's right movement and he also is a member of this org with their 2 daughters

[nickmolinary]

7:55 For those who don't know, there was an important indigenous feminist and activist from Honduras named Berta Cáceres. Berta Cáceres was an internationally renowned figure fighting against destructive mining projects then supported by the coup government which Hillary Clinton backed. Cáceres was assassinated exactly eight years ago today (March 3rd), by a death squad sent to silence her. The identities of some members of the death squad have since been revealed, and they had received training by the United States' School of the Americas (with a notorious legacy connected to many atrocities in the global south). Before her death, Cáceres had spoken publicly about US, and in particular Hillary Clinton's, involvement in the undemocratic coup and subsequent military regime in Honduras. The video footage of this interview can still be found on YT for those interested. Berta Cáceres: presente.

[samwelltarly]

In the 2000s The Onion had a news-article about how South-East Asia's first genocidal female warlord was good news for feminism because it demonstrated women could be just a powerhungry, ruthless and cruel as men.

I'm not the first person who's pointed out they are finding it more and more difficult to satirize reality nowadays as more and more of their articles from the past become reality.

[Mr.McWatson]

The idea of Hillary Clinton embodying care and selflessness is one of the most absurd things I've heard in a while.

[TomMorello]

When you talked about men's violence, essentialism, and civilizational feminism I was like... "Wait, I did not think about that before". It feels so good when a video pushes me like that. Nice job, Alice!

[govinddas]

This reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend over the outrage caused by Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig not getting nominated for the Oscars. I think many women online took this opportunity to say that somehow it was anti feminist that Margot didnt get nominated even though its was a female category and every one else who got picked over her are women too. Hell it was a huge step - first nomination for a native american woman. In the conversation we had we named this phenomena 'white feminism' but I think I like 'bourgeois feminism' more. I will use that from now.

[durnel]

Love how you went mask off and called it bourgeois feminism in the latter half of the video lol

[lisab]

I loved this video and especially that you included the interview with Mustafa Barghouti because when I was watching the interview, it made me so mad. She was basically using feminism as a shield for her blatant racism. Also, in this interview you could clearly see what many name "white feminism" and the hiearchy of opression: A white woman might be opressed by a white man, yet she can be the opressor of a black man. That was so incredibly obvious as well as her bigotry.

[mrcead]

This is exactly what I've been saying for years. Nobody really wants to dismantle the deathmachine, they just want their turn to run it (insert self-interested group with compelling argument for change here) the deathmachine needs to be dismantled permanently. A gun is designed for one thing. Painting it pink doesn't change its function or purpose

[pisceanbeauty]

I just feel this highlights the dangers of generalizing, essentializing, and seeing problems as one-note. Also, there is too much focus on fixing people versus fixing systems and problems.

[AxelRosee]

I used to be a staunch pacifist- not just for myself but ideologically. violence is never the answer, I told myself. So many of the points that you made regarding the necessity of violence in the face of oppression were reflective of exactly what pulled me out of that mindset. At this point, it seems passivity is a marker of a deeper, more insidious type of violence. It only serves to keep us in these cycles of oppression and further shift the overton window on what is acceptable.

[azzzzzzzzzzz]

Loved that you added Julia’s video. The video MADE ME SOOOO ANGRY!
Coming at a men where the tenderness, the vulnerability, the courage and love of Arab men are on full display - this debased use of feminist rhetoric to dehumanise them - is the worst kind of hypocrisy.

[lilaredden]

Bourgeois feminism also tends to seek, rather than gender equality for all, to make bourgeois women equal partners in neo-colonial oppression over the global south. This aim to be partners in oppression of others further lends itself toward the neoliberal tendency toward facism to protect itself from revolutionary change.

[Vioma_neblinado]

The Trope of "women are not violent" or this subconscious idea that woman are Delicate and incapable of violating other beings is so bad also because a lot of the domestic violence toward childres is framed as "just some firm hand for a bad child" and " a mother always know what's best for her child" the fact that woman are aways the ones who get the kids afther the divorce, a lot of bad parenting that a lot of times is not reported from the childs because of fear and a large etc of violence that is trivialized and normalized, of course, this is a consequence of the patriarchy and the infantilization of women, this still in people's mind, the "awww come one, she is just a girl, she can not hurt you" or "your mom beat you? moms always hit softly, you are crying over nothing" still

[anniee]

the meloni tweet reminded me of a book my grandma got me a couple years ago, good night stories for rebel girls i think it was called. it has little biographies about different inspirational women and thats all good and well when it comes to athletes or artists or scientists, but i had such a hard time with the politicians they included (mainly thatcher and clinton). like all the other biographies it had the "everyone disliked them because they were empowered women taking up space in a male dominated work place" narrative with no other context why people might not like them. they even lied about how margaret thatcher got the nickname iron lady, because then they would have to acknowledge that she was actually very cold and cruel and ruined peoples lives. "do you think margaret thatcher had girl power?" this book says yes.

[kumarvikramaditya]

While I loved the Barbie movie, the way the fans reacted towards other female nominees was unacceptable. Most of them haven't even watched KOTFM, PL, PT or Anatomy of a Fall. Stories about a woman regaining her humanity, reconciliation with a past friend, and a *literal genocide*.They completely ignored Triet's nomination, as the first non-american woman, and they also didn't campaign at all for Celine Song. It's clear their feminism is very exclusive. Margot wouldn't have been my choice even if there was a 6th nomination, it'd be either Greta or Portman.

[eges]

You referring mainstream Feminism as "Bourgeois Feminism" instantly got my like.

[shahbazmansahia]

Some examples of women actively engaging in visible violence in the face of injustice: Gulab Kaur (Ghadar Party), Mai Bhago (sikh historical figure), Durga Bhabhi (Durga Devi), Phoolan Devi

[Twistingfergus]

I'd dispute the claim that Julia Hartley Brewer is a journalist