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Yes, Women Can Be Misogynists, Too
I know because I used to be one
Apparently, some people think that because I am now a feminist, I believe that all men are shitty, and all women are earth-bound angels. Absolutely not. Every demographic, religion, race, culture, and gender has both incredible people, and people who suck.
Recently, I wrote an article called “I Posted a Rare Selfie on Substack; People Were Really Weird About It.”
Note my word choice: People.
That’s because both men and women were weird about it. While men tended to sexualize me or assume the selfie was posted for male validation, several women used a single photo of me to make sweeping judgments about my character.
That article went viral — and then a few women got even weirder about it.
One woman posted the following comment:
“I only read the headline and then saw what she posted on Substack and that is so fucking weird because she is screaming how insecure and hateful she is while trying to demonstrate that she’s lovely. Is she attractive? No. Is her behavior attractive? No. […] And since she had to run anonymously to an app very few people have heard of to get validation from strangers begging for compliments and you’re so hot because she clearly…
