Everywhere I go I proudly tell folks who want to know who I am\u00a0and what I do that I am a writer, a feminist theorist, a cultural critic. I\u00a0tell them I write about movies and popular culture, analyzing the\u00a0message in the medium. Most people find this exciting and want to \u00a0know more. Everyone goes to movies, watches television, glances \u00a0through magazines, and everyone has thoughts about the messages\u00a0they receive, about the images they look at. It is easy for the diverse\u00a0public I encounter to understand what I do as a cultural critic, to understand\u00a0my passion for writing Oots of folks want to write, and do).\u00a0But feminist theory – that’s the place where the questions stop. Instead\u00a0I tend to hear all about the evil of feminism and the bad feminists:\u00a0how “they” hate men; how “they” want to go against natureand \u00a0god; how “they” are all lesbians; how “they” are taking all the jobs\u00a0and making the world hard for white men, who do not stand a chance.<\/p>\n[av_button label=’Download PDF’ icon_select=’yes’ icon=’ue84c’ font=’entypo-fontello’ icon_hover=’aviaTBicon_hover’ link=’manually,https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Feminism_Is_For_Everybody.pdf’ link_target=’_blank’ size=’small’ position=’left’ label_display=” title_attr=” color_options=” color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ btn_color_bg=’theme-color’ btn_custom_bg=’#444444′ btn_color_bg_hover=’theme-color-highlight’ btn_custom_bg_hover=’#444444′ btn_color_font=’theme-color’ btn_custom_font=’#ffffff’ id=” custom_class=” av_uid=’av-2v7kcd’ admin_preview_bg=”]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Everywhere I go I proudly tell folks who want to know who I am\u00a0and what I do that I am a writer, a feminist theorist, a cultural critic. I\u00a0tell them I write about movies and popular culture, analyzing the\u00a0message in the medium. Most people find this exciting and want to \u00a0know more. Everyone goes to<\/p>\n