#ik most radfems are against make-up for women

[blossoming-witness]

Ik other radical feminists ignore this a lot.

But are we just going to ignore the *huge* issues of radical feminism?

We're accused of partnering with conservatives and while not all of us do, one of the biggest radical feminist organization WoLF certainly does. Are we going to ignore their existence so it doesn't "give a bad name" to radical feminism?

Are we going to ignore how shitty and misogynistic some radfems are to other women?

Are we going to ignore that "separatism" on a global scale is impossible and will never work?

And for all the talk about radfems caring about woc how many Western white radfems actually care about us or are just using us as a shield against TRAs?

I have literally seen radfems ignore all of these things. I would have not felt so angry if they had AT LEAST acknowledged these problems and do something about them. But I have had myself literally ignored when I try to talk about this.

Only a miniscule percentage of radfems actually care. Idk if I want to be associated with radical feminism anymore. The label and circles I mean. My views are more or less same.

I think it's complex, because anyone can call themselves whatever they want online, regardless of what work they actually put into their activism, regardless of the effort they put to understanding theory, regardless of their attitudes and actions. There are a lot of problematic people using the label "radfem" to call themselves just because they're against trans identities, but ignore anything else related to radical feminism.

A way I've found to make peace with how complex this is, is try to talk about radical feminism as a point of view, and not as an identity or as a community. It's an ideology, a theory, a conceptual framework, but it is not who we are. And I think it's important to aknowledge that all of the branches of feminism are the same. They're not identities, they're tools. There are some useful concepts in liberal feminism, and some useful ideas even within q*theory, and just because we're critical of their worst conclusion doesn't mean we can't value the positive contributions they gave us. A lot of ideas that seem out of place now where revolutionary within their original historical context.

In my case I'm not even sure radical feminism is the branch of feminism I feel the most at home, I'm much more interested in diferentialist feminism, for example.

Calling out racists and assholes is important to keep our ideas on a higher ground, I know there are a lot of people that make it seem like being rude to TRAs is okay even when they end up repeating sexist, racist or classist attitudes, but I'm sure there are more radfems critical of that attitude than you think. It's just an effect of a "loud minority" making it seem like they dominate the conversation.

But yeah, we need to pay attention to how our arguments can be misinterpreted or used in a dangerous way... with the news that Italy's new prime minister is a fascist that prides herself on being a "real woman" (unlike those that are trans) i've been thinking a lot about this. We can't let fascist co-opt our struggle.

#blossoming asks

[ace-the-fox]

Genuine question out of pure curiosity, to all radfems or just feminists against make-up: What are your thoughts on make-up as an art form?

#radfems #radical feminism #feminism #women #make-up #ik most radfems are against make-up for women #i was just curious as to how far that reaches