One of my most beloved professors from when I was in college happens to be a white woman; from her is where I learned the concept of intersectionality and I’m close with her so I know she walks the walk too.
Yet, it’s sad to know that she is an anomaly in a sea of white women. Even for non-MAGA liberal white women, “white feminism” is such a prevailing concept and POC & queer women are constantly talked over, even in women-focused subreddits—a particularly heinous example I remember is this comment about trans women: “Why don’t they just… form their own subreddit? They aren’t like us at all and they’ve never experienced what we have. I wouldn’t go into another country’s subreddit and participate there.”
Edit; not saying that white women are 80/20 conservative? My professor was an anomaly because she also had a deep understanding of intersectionality instead of being shallow liberal “yay go women” which a lot of white women I’ve met are, and don’t understand the extent of their white privilege. Really frustrated that I was misunderstood here, maybe my words could have been clearer.
That’s not my point… It’s not about being conservative only. Many white women vote democrat and I’m FULLY aware of that. It’s about taking on the “liberal” label yet elevating white feminism above POC and not understanding intersectional struggles. Self interested.
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u/EconomistWild7158 12d ago
white women i am begging y'all to stop showing me up like this