Wow

[fierceawakening]

[EDIT: See comment thread. At the time I read the post, I did not realize it was a dig at a specific person. I do not agree with or support that dig. I was basing my opinions on the idea that the post was a response to certain flavors of white feminism that suggest that we're all tainted/infected until The Revolution.

Instead, it appears to have

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[dmj618]

If you read the comments you might have noticed something interesting. That post resonated with most white women with a few who disagreed, and most WOC disagreed with a few saying it resonated with them. Our culture says that white women are weak and in need of protection, but says that WOC are ultra-strong and especially black women. So a white woman will feel empowered by words that tell them they have strength, while a WOC will think, "Here we go again. I can never show any vulnerability

[fierceawakening]

Thanks for that background; I didn't know about it

[fierceawakening]

Renee has, in the past, tackled the issue I'm talking about:

http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/04/dickist-of-world-unite.html

(here's an example of the sort of thing it's answering: http://feh-muh-nist.blogspot.com/2006/08/political-lesbian.html )

So not knowing she was apparently slagging BA (which again I don't approve of), I liked the post.

[dmj618]

BA said in twitter, I think this is about me and then linked to that post. And Renee got defensive, but did admit it was about her in part. So there is that, in part, meaning that it's about more than just BA

[fierceawakening]

Okay. Wow. Thank you. Yeah, I had no idea, and thought she was referring to that whole "who we'd be in Utopia is more important than who we are now, right now we are nothing buy oppressed worms" school of thought.

[fierceawakening]

Post edited. Thank you for informing me. That's disgusting.