It’s been a big year for Feminist Current! We have more readers than ever before, our site stats are through the roof, and we are now the most-read feminist blog in Canada! We had the pleasure of publishing some amazing and insightful analysis from women around the world in 2013 and, as always, our commenters add so much to these conversations, providing rigorous and challenging discourse and debate. Big thank yous to all of you readers, writers, commenters, supporters, sisters and brothers in the struggle for our collective liberation from the chains of capitalist, colonialist, patriarchy. To another year of struggle and solidarity!
Here are some of our top posts from 2013:
Cecilia Winterfox argues that feminists are not responsible for educating men.
Aphrodite Kocięda takes on “white porn chic” at the beach in her critique of the “tiny bikini.”
Meghan Murphy wonders why it is that Justin Bieber is paying for sex — isn’t prostitution just about comforting the lonely and socially awkward, after all?
Samantha Berg looks at new research showing a decline in violence against prostituted women under the Nordic model.
Feminism’s focus on “consent” deserves a deeper analysis — often “consent” is not as simple as we make it out to be. Meghan Murphy writes on “the tyranny of consent.”
Taryn Fivek takes a critical look at the idea of “sex worker unions.”
Meagan Tyler busts common myths about prostitution, trafficking, and the Nordic model.
Meghan Murphy points out that simply enjoying something while feminist doesn’t necessarily make that thing feminist, using Game of Thrones’ “imagined feminism” as a jumping off point.
Aphrodite Kocięda wonders if the discovery of a long-lost “plus size” pin-up girl named Hilda, is really cause for feminist celebration.
Elizabeth Pickett writes a definitive piece on how to be a (male) feminist ally.
What would 2013 be without a robust debate on the merits and feminism of the “selfie?” Meghan Murphy takes it on in what turns out to be a surprisingly controversial critique.
Aphrodite Kocięda calls out “postfeminist activism,” arguing that PETA throws women under the bus in their quest to raise awareness about animal cruelty.
And finally, Meghan Murphy writes a viral piece critiquing “twitter feminism,” looking at some of the toxic behaviour and discourse that happens on the medium; inadvertently launching a defensive hashtag: #twitterfeminism
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