it’s really idiotic to expect female celebrities to paragons of feminism imo. most of them will be liberal feminists if they do identify as feminists (again see feminism being conceptualized as an identity rather than as political praxis) because they’re wealthy and at the top of the ladder, especially if they’re white & cis. there are some female celebrities who do offer lucid and insightful critiques of patriarchy but by and large i’m not going to be a fan of a female celebrity based on whether she’s a feminist or not because i’m not looking at female celebs to guide my politics or my feminist values.
of course this doesn’t excuse female celebrities who are terrible people but at the same time when i see think piece after think piece about why x female celeb’s “behavior wasn’t feminist” i’m like….. 1) why are you surprised, 2) why scrutinize women to this degree, and 3) does it always have to be that deep? especially because a lot of the times these think pieces are just directed at being patronizing toward female celebs of color, especially black female celebs.
also yeah i won’t be a fan of any female celebrity who goes out of her way to specifically call herself an “anti-feminist” or denigrates the feminist movement. that’s out of the question. but neither am i going to expect Anything out of the “feminism” of female celebrities. i’ll love them for their work and what they represent to me but i won’t think of them as role models of feminist thought.
Me: “It was bullshit. It’s all bullshit. You ever heard of Smedley Butler?”
“I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as
a member of this country’s most agile military force, the Marine Corps.
I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to
Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a
high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the
Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.
…
I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during
that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big
Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a
gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico
safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a
decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I
helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the
benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International
Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the
Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped
make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China
in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested.
Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best
he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on
three continents.”
