Feminist Alliances posted by Cheryl on Women’s Space. This is AWESOME:

There are a lot of feminist women who are anti-pornography, anti-prostitution, anti-SM like me. Unfortunately, they are also racists. They don’t have any clue that they are. They think they aren’t. They rattle on cluelessly and say and do things which are hurtful, ignorant, destructive, then when they’re called out, they circle the wagons around one another and peep and mutter about all of those oversensitive women of color looking to play the race card or white do-gooders sucking up to them.

How can I justify hanging with them when I see that what they do hurts women?

There are a lot of women who are anti-porn, anti-prostitution, anti-SM like me, but they are also anti-child and/or anti-mother, meaning they are anti-woman and anti-girl, as well. They call girl children names, girl babies names, mothers names, they are dismissive about the plight of mothers and their children, the oppression of mothers as mothers and children, and when they are called out, they get defensive. How can I possibly endorse the feminist work of those who hurt women in this way?

There are women who are anti-porn, anti-prostitution, anti-SM, like me, but unlike me, they eat meat. I think eating meat is wholly inconsistent with anti-subordination, anti-dominance-hierarchy feminism. I think meat-eating harms the earth, harms people, creatures, trees and vegetation on the earth, harms the waters, the oceans, and creates hunger and poverty for Third World people. Can I possibly ally myself with meat-eating women?
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