Still angry, still not sure why.
Social media users have erupted in outrage over the #feministsareugly hashtag, which began trending for a second time on Twitter last night.
Taken at face value, the tag could easily have been created by some fedora-wearing men’s rights activist trolling the women of the internet, but the thing is, it wasn’t.
In fact, the hashtag began in August last year and was started as satire by two feminists of colour Lily Bourian and @cheuya, as a way for women of colour to celebrate their appearance online.
Hi, @cheuya and I started #FeministsAreUgly last summer as satire and used it to post sexy selfies of WOC.
— Lily Bolourian (@LilyBolourian) April 26, 2015
Proximity to whiteness means safety, upward mobility, opportunity, etc., but proximity also plays a major factor in who is deemed beautiful. — Lily Bolourian (@LilyBolourian) April 27, 2015
Meaning, the closer to white your appearance & features are, the more beautiful you will be deemed. In heteropatriarchy, beauty is currency.
— Lily Bolourian (@LilyBolourian) April 27, 2015
Top Comments
Trolls do sometimes start funny hashtags, but this time feminists beat em to it. My personal favorite is #endfathersday
Feminist jump on those so nicely :D
Who knew those fathers were so evil and disliked.
Seems that behind many feminists there is a man...
Ok now I feel bad for them.
Good article about the perils of social media and the associated bandwagon outrage.
Currently trending on Twitter, #hashtagsthatcauseawhoosingsound.