I Miss Girl Boss Feminism
Looking back at the Girl Boss era of feminism that inspired ambition, autonomy, and financial independence, and why choice feminism feels dangerously tame. I hate choice feminism. Really, I do. As someone who grew up in the Girl Boss era, this new social media idea of feminism being about respecting every personal decision women make is, frankly, repulsive. In the words of the legendary bell hooks, “True feminist politics always brings us from bondage to freedom.” In Feminism Is for Everybody , she warns against feminism becoming a fun identity rather than a political movement. Yet I scroll through social media (especially Twitter) and see the gymnastics women are performing to sanitise the patriarchy. The notion that choosing to get married and have children is a feminist choice? Flabbergasting. Let’s be real — this has been the norm for women forever, in a structure designed to benefit the patriarchy itself. Before Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie became controversial for TERF-adjacent...
