Elizabeth Grace Matthew
The Many Fallacies of Antifeminism
Feminism has its problems.
But so does its knee-jerk opposite.
Illustration by Noah Hickey/The Dispatch (Photos via Unsplash).
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Why is J.K.
Rowling, best-selling author of the Harry Potter series, a pariah among mainstream American feminists?
All she has done is affirm women’s rights, after all—in this case, the right to privacy from males in intimate spaces, whether or not said males identify as female.
The Rowling saga makes sense only if you recognize that mainstream, liberal feminism is a house made of toothpicks.
Elizabeth Grace Matthew writes about books, education, and culture, including on Substack.
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