When anti-feminists attack!

Published: August 1, 2007, 9:25 am

If anti-feminists looked like kitties, I'd be more open to their batshit craziness. It's amazing what folks come up with these days to disparage feminism. We're blamed for girls being "slutty," appropriating feminine colors (!), and killing babies as a way to get off. (And of course, much, much more.) But this article is one of my faves to date. The headline alone is priceless: "Feminism's legacy: YouTube catfights" But it's really the almost genius disorganization of writer Mary Grabar's column that truly makes this article the gem that it is. She starts with talking about the popularity of "girl fight" videos on YouTube, which she describes as a "new genre of pornography." This genre reflects societal trends and how women are viewed in our post-feminist culture. It's the logical conclusion of the sexual revolution officially announced in the ironically titled "Summer of Love" 40 years ago. The girl fights dramatize the reality behind "free love"; they display the

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