Lewis’s Law: “The comments on any article about feminism justify the existence o

Lewis’s Law: “The comments on any article about feminism justify the existence of feminism." AMAZING concept coined by a writer with an intersectionality problemLast night I found out about Lewis’s Law and I felt like it was a gift from the universe. As a blogger writing about feminism and gender issues, I’m all too used to seeing comments on my reblogged posts - and inbox messages - attacking feminism and feminists while using sexist ideas, language, and hostility against women. It’s not the challenging of feminism that’s the issue. It’s the fact that a majority of the notes include gems such as "feminists, like the children / spoiled brats / morons they are …”, or “women, like the narcissists / children / spoiled brats they are ….”  The irony is that we are talking about 2-sentence to 2-paragraph responses. These “I’m not sexist, women are” lovers of truth and reason should be able to make a reasoned point or two and get out without heading straight to the “all women / all feminists” trough. But they never can. Because it’s sexism or misogyny, not logic or concern for fairness, that is motivating the writer.So, I was thrilled to learn about Lewis’s Law. Less thrilled - to say the least - to look her up on the Geek Feminism Wiki and find out that she is considered anti-intersectional. I read her piece in question and it’s more a case of white privilege along the lines of “if I have to include WOC in my work then do I have to also include deaf women, women of different faiths, I can’t include everybody, etc.” She’s not really dismissing intersectional feminism, she’s playing the “White feminists are doing our best, don’t judge us” card.This news doesn’t make Lewis’s Law any less true, but it is disappointing. Stay tuned for a follow-up post on women who have made major conceptual contributions to feminism while being problematic in other areas. (Yes MRA’s, we do criticize our own.) -- source link

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