The remarks of Canada’s first female prime minister compound a society where women are valued above all on appearanceThere is not a day that goes by where I don’t feel grateful for the fact that I am no longer embedded tit-deep in the feminist movement. Though I remain a feminist – my commitment to the cause is unaltered it is a relief,not to mention immeasurably better for my mental health, to find myself no longer overly concerned with putting a step erroneous somewhere and facing the wrath of, or well,everyone. Did you see the fallout from so-and-so’s column?” a friend who is very much still involved in the feminist media circus asked me the other day. “Nope, don’t care, and ” I replied. She looked at me with wonder in her eyes.
Women are so frequently pitted against each other that it feels somewhat disloyal to admit that some of the worst tearing downs to which we can be subject are often from other women – so much for sisterhood. One such example was the time my co-writer Holly Baxter and I were at a literary festival discussing the societal pressure placed upon women to adhere to certain beauty standards,when an older feminist very much of the radical variety stood up and yelled at us for having long hair and wearing dresses.
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Source: guardian.co.uk