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5.0
I've only read Tulathimutte's "The Feminist" and that was a LONG time ago. But still, wow is that short story brilliant.
I must assume (as my memory isn't too good) that it was a denouncement of the most liberal and performative femenism that prevails in so many left-circles, though I don't necessarily read it as a complete denouncement either (the main character is unreliable after all). Regardless of what your conclusions on the story were, the characterization and the writing are superb, and the pacing is spectacular.
The progressive movement needs to do something about masculinity because it's losing the battle to the likes of Jordan Peterson. On the one hand, the men's liberation movement has the heart in the right place (and it is true that we need to get rid of gender expectations and so on), but it's clearly not doing enough. On the other hand, the left needs "masculine" role models that talk about issues of masculinity from a leftist and femenist point of view. I'm hopeful though, we'll get there, eventually.
I must assume (as my memory isn't too good) that it was a denouncement of the most liberal and performative femenism that prevails in so many left-circles, though I don't necessarily read it as a complete denouncement either (the main character is unreliable after all). Regardless of what your conclusions on the story were, the characterization and the writing are superb, and the pacing is spectacular.
The progressive movement needs to do something about masculinity because it's losing the battle to the likes of Jordan Peterson. On the one hand, the men's liberation movement has the heart in the right place (and it is true that we need to get rid of gender expectations and so on), but it's clearly not doing enough. On the other hand, the left needs "masculine" role models that talk about issues of masculinity from a leftist and femenist point of view. I'm hopeful though, we'll get there, eventually.
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