It's a problem that I have with feminism and this whole wimmin movement I see a lot on LJ. I am certianly not against promoting female characters. And to this day, I still consider myself a feminist and I am proud of the graduate training I have in the field.
However, I disagree so much with many of the independent feminist movements. I also don't think that much of "fandom" - whatever famdon that might be - really understands the depth and the conflict with feminism itself. Everyone is so quick to cry sexism or yay strong wimmin!, but without really peeling back the layers to take a deeper look.
And before I get slammed for saying that, I'm not implying that only people in the field can be critical. I often think that people in the field are not critical enough LOL I know plenty of people that can really look deeply into literature and flim for the sheer fact they are smart critical people. I just think that Tv, movies, fandom, whatever tends to have a very narrow viewpoint and they refuse to look beyond it.
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Date: 2009-05-17 10:39 pm (UTC)However, I disagree so much with many of the independent feminist movements. I also don't think that much of "fandom" - whatever famdon that might be - really understands the depth and the conflict with feminism itself. Everyone is so quick to cry sexism or yay strong wimmin!, but without really peeling back the layers to take a deeper look.
And before I get slammed for saying that, I'm not implying that only people in the field can be critical. I often think that people in the field are not critical enough LOL I know plenty of people that can really look deeply into literature and flim for the sheer fact they are smart critical people. I just think that Tv, movies, fandom, whatever tends to have a very narrow viewpoint and they refuse to look beyond it.