Should I Call Myself a Feminist II

Yesterday I may have inadvertently outed myself as a bit of a basement dweller. If any of my opinion around feminism is informed by consuming whatever I read on Reddit, I ought to re-evaluate. I’ve seen it hypothesized that 1% of Redditors generate 99% of comments and posts, and intuitively I believe it - clearly that kind of system is not going to foster a healthy environment for discussion. It’s also a conversation in which I participate in very passively - I’ve only commented on anything across the entirety of Reddit in the last year, once to get a beta invite for Tildes and once to troll my roommate (about something other than gender).

Criticism has also been levied against me that I did not in fact answer the question of whether or not I should call myself a feminist, which I think is valid. My is that yes, I probably should call myself a feminist, but am still too much of a pussy to do so.

I’d feel somewhat upset with myself to end on that note though, we need a hopeful sign off that leaves you feeling like there is the possibility of a brighter future for all of us, and lets me sleep wholly guilt free tonight. So, my promise is thus: I’ll try to talk to more people AFK about feminism, and overhaul my views to be in line with how I feel after those conversations.