Slog tipper Rob Man directed me to this story, posted last week on the feminist website xoJane.com, about a woman who awoke one morning to find that her Facebook profile picture had been turned into a fat-shaming, anti-feminist internet meme. Horrific, yes, but unsurprising on the internet. What’s great is how she chose to deal with it:
The biggest miss the creator of my meme made was not realizing the point of the This is What a Feminist Looks Like campaigns; the point is to draw attention to the fact that feminists are not all the same. We are all different.
So in response, I am starting a tumblr, We Are What Feminists Look Like. A few friends have already submitted pictures and I hope many more of you folks will submit pictures or thoughts. This experience has taught me that while one cruel person can ruin my morning, I have an entire community of friends, family, and feminists to back me up.
Feminists are not a monolith. We are diverse and unique. We don’t fit into every stereotype. And they picked the wrong feminist fatty to mess with.
It’s a cruel story with a powerful ending. Go read the whole thing.
