Wait that's not bad! I'm going to stop calling them Tumblr feminists. It lumps all feminists who use Tumblr in with bellicose maniacs. I'm going to start calling them the Red Feminists.
I assume we're all somewhere between Green and Violet on the spectrum... But what are Orange Feminists are like?
Ah no, it's not not agreeing, there's not a lot of actual not agreeing happening at all, it's the wrath. Sorry when I said above mentioned I meant my above mentioned, not yours. This:
"The Tumblr feminist is categorized by a certain anger, often blind or unbridled. It's all rather unhealthy and counterintuitive and just generally unfortunate. They tend to be the type to combat a fire by burning things (where one might presume the goal should have been to put the fire out), so there's an element of shortsightedness and inefficiency that makes the whole situation rather discouraging."
A prevalence of that, or the frequency at which this is exhibited is what really sets them apart. But you bring up a good point, it does often seem to indicate the lack of emotional maturity characteristic of an angry teenager. We can probably chalk a lot of it up to misguided youth.
I do use Tumblr, but it's easy to spot toxic people and avoid them.
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Date: 2015-05-12 11:50 pm (UTC)I assume we're all somewhere between Green and Violet on the spectrum... But what are Orange Feminists are like?
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Date: 2015-05-13 12:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-05-13 12:42 am (UTC)So... just to clarify your position here, someone who doesn't agree with you/is upset or mad about a situation/a teenage girl = bellicose maniac.
Are you actually engaging with any content on Tumblr, or are you just making cutesy little Green Lantern analogies?
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Date: 2015-05-13 11:10 am (UTC)"The Tumblr feminist is categorized by a certain anger, often blind or unbridled. It's all rather unhealthy and counterintuitive and just generally unfortunate. They tend to be the type to combat a fire by burning things (where one might presume the goal should have been to put the fire out), so there's an element of shortsightedness and inefficiency that makes the whole situation rather discouraging."
A prevalence of that, or the frequency at which this is exhibited is what really sets them apart. But you bring up a good point, it does often seem to indicate the lack of emotional maturity characteristic of an angry teenager. We can probably chalk a lot of it up to misguided youth.
I do use Tumblr, but it's easy to spot toxic people and avoid them.