Basically, I'm linking it all.
I said earlier it was none of my business. I still sort of feel it's not. And truth, I stopped watching...I got a lot of confidence that WoC in the blogosphere would handle their business.
But these pictures, which I found via nojojojo at The Angry Black Woman, are deeply problematic.
The art director for this project didn't expect any Black folks to buy this book.
The site on which the pictures are posted (which is refreshingly titled Dear white feminists, Quit goddamn fucking up.) is unlikely to be further updated.
I’m not a blogger. I have no wish to start a blog. The sole purpose of this page is to issue a plea to the white feminist community. I, too, am a feminist who has white privilege. I believe in our cause. I believe in the struggle for equality of all people regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc. This struggle means recognizing and fighting discrimination wherever it exists.
This is especially true when it is within our own ranks. So let’s stop burying our heads in denial. Let’s recognize the hypocrisy of claiming to fight oppression while simultaneously acting as oppressors ourselves. Listen to the words of your sisters who do not have your white privilege. Do not get angry and blame them for your faults. Instead, listen.
Because it’s okay to make mistakes. It’s okay to be wrong sometimes — everyone is. But it’s not okay to deny those mistakes, to refuse to change or learn from them, to insist we are perfect the way we are. In doing so, we keep the same old systems of hierarchy and oppression in place.
And isn’t that just what we criticize patriarchy for doing?
Pity. Because the only actual post on the site is so on point that I want to to set aside a reasonable block of time. I want you to read the post, follow the links to understand what happened. You will also be introduced to a vast assortment of truly excellent writers and thinkers. I'm going to warn you, a bunch of them are Black. A bunch are gay. There's some transexuals in the mix, not clear how many. If you're bothered by that, skip it...it will be your loss.
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In politics there are few,
In politics there are few, if any, blows lower or harder to accept than the realization that some folk who you once regarded as allies or as potential allies are not and never will be. These sisters will have to find some way to incorporate this sense of betrayal into their understanding of what it means to be in coalition with people whom you cannot trust.
They've been at this for a
They've been at this for a while.
I guess there's some utility in the furor...it definitely sorts the allies from the problems.
Yes, and they will be at it
Yes, and they will be at it for a long time past this particular rupture. White women, as a group, are not going to surrender one iota of the white privilege they have historically held in this country. They will, in fact, continue to deny that they have any such privilege and will, when it benefits them, use black political capital to acquire even more of it. White women, for example, have been in the White House since the day it opened for business.
Huh... What on earth was the point they were trying...
What on earth was the point they were trying to make? It seems like Seal Press, et al., thought they were making some really witty, sarcastic point and they outwitted themselves.
Might I ask how this book is
Might I ask how this book is connected with the feminist site and what the book entails beyond the King Kong imagery?
I don't think this
I don't think this particular image is about King Kong. I think it is Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.
The book's title is It's a
The book's title is It's a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments. Having just created one, we will see how good the advice therein is.
Couple of points: the books' cover now is not the original one, which did the King Kong thing in all it's subconsciously-recognized splendor. And Ms. Marcotte didn't choose the title or illustration but approved of the choice
And Seal Press also published Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters, which WoC blogger also had issues with.