Feel like the hyprocisy needs to be spelled out. Too many women tend toward fear based compliance out of not wanting to exclude anybody, at the expense of their own impending erasure.
Author Archives: Rachel
This is what a dyke looks like.
When inclusion means intrusion, euphemism endangers women’s rights
Women’s Rights Matter?
There is a lot of righteous consciousness around the issue of Cultural Appropriation. Folks tend to agree it is unacceptable and to be policed, for the protection of those being appropriated. Except, it seems, when it comes to the cultural appropriation of womanhood. That seems to be up for grabs, and if anybody objects its a gang mentality of blame the victim. Everybody seems to be burying their heads in the sand and unwilling to recognize the parallel. As a spin on Black Lives Matter, on which we all agree, the statement/question: Women’s Rights Matter? I feel shines a light on this disturbing misogynist hypocrisy.
When what’s called inclusion means intrusion, the euphemism is a danger for women
Because i believe too many well-meaning women arent identifying the manipulative aspect of the word inclusion. Nobody wants to be uninclusive. Yet, in this case it represents intrusion. Intrusion of our privacy rights. And i pick this slogan to let others know its okay not be okay with the sugar coating of the total violation of our rights. Feel its important that this tactic be identified.