#itsnotjustpms

https://itsnotjustpms.tumblr.com/post/115790063544/its-called-feminism-because-were-erased-from?is_related_post=1

Here's criticism of the comic

Feminism started and is arguably strongest in first world countries where women haven't legally been counted as property for generations, at worst.

And I guess Marie Curie, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Cleopatra, all of them and many more have been ignored.

Two years later, this exact same person pretended she cared about men. I wonder what changed?

Also, nobody uses the term "reverse sexism" except feminists strawmanning. And notice how the feminist in the comic doesn't actually deny that she only cares about women.

If people questioning your movement is why you need a movement, then you don't have a real reason. You just have your head someplace unmentionable.

https://www.history.com/news/white-women-slaveowners-they-were-her-property

“A random woman had incorrect ideas about how pregnancy works. Clearly this is the fault of pro-life politicians, even though I have literally no evidence of where she got the ideas and have strong evidence she was not thinking rationally.”

Referring to this post. 

I’m going to address this in reverse. First of all: yes, having the capacity to go online and receive a sympathetic audience when you discuss the social/political movement that gave you more rights than other people does mean that she’s not oppressed. You need a very specific definition of oppression, one with a really low entry requirement, to claim that women in the first world are oppressed. 

Next: you are completely right that a person’s decision to support a movement or identify with it should not depend on other people. It should depend on the movement and the individual. Just as I don’t identify as a feminist any more, and do not support the organizations and institutions that do identify as feminist. And I think that people who are interested in actual equality and real-world fairness should not identify as feminist. Not because of people, but because of the verifiable and concrete harm that feminism has inflicted.

But she, much like many other feminists, and perhaps like you yourself, is trying to get men involved in feminism, trying to bolster the ranks. And since feminism hurts men, intentionally and systematically, I don’t consider that to be a good thing. 

Look, here’s the boil-down: people tout feminism as an equality movement. But it’s only equality for one gender. It has endless patience, resources, energy, and interest in helping first-world women in any way it can to any degree that it can with no regard to long-term consequences. This has created an environment where men have great disadvantages, but feminism persists in helping only women and preventing any attempts to help men.