Salon: The crisis of “bad feminism” is worse than you think

[boston bean]

1. Basically she is stating

that every personal "choice" a woman makes... has morphed into meaning that every choice is feminist.

And that helps feminist detractors in sowing division and discord regarding the feminist movement. ie, well woman so and so said this, woman so and so did that and they call themselves a feminist..... so you can't be one...

I agree. I think the movement in its attempt to grow and become more encompassing has given way to these types of issues, versus dealing with some very basic goals and issues most women agree with. Of course others just use it to be a negative force....

In other words, the personal is political has morphed into my personal is the only political ie, everything any woman does is feminist. And it is used to destroy feminism. I think that is a fair criticism.

Where it gets difficult is when discussing cultural effects regarding the treatment of women in society. That seems as though women are judging other women, when in fact they are criticizing the patriarchy. Some of the arguments could be made better in commentary in newspapers/blogs, etc.