• Eiri@lemmy.ca
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    19 days ago

    But like what even is a social media for women? I wasn’t aware the ones we currently have were for men

    • Tonuka@feddit.org
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      19 days ago

      reddit has /r/TwoXChromosomes which is one of my favorite subs. It’s a general womens subreddit, and though it obviously leans feminist it’s not its main purpose. It welcomes all genders, but remains a womens space.

      The fediverse could really use that energy.

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        19 days ago

        There’s also /r/WitchesVsPatriarchy which is also very strictly woman-centered.

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          19 days ago

          Damn women appropriating witchdom. Excluding boywitches just reaffirms the patriarchy’s gendering of magic. It’s re-inventing the same gender roles.

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            19 days ago

            Neither the WvP subreddit nor the Discord excludes men from identifying as witches or from participating in discussions.

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              19 days ago

              Then what does women-centered mean in practice? Is it just a nothing label?

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                18 days ago

                Woman-centered is not an absolute. One does not have to be part of a single characteristic of a group to have a stake in it, to be an ally, an advocate, a partner, a family member, among countless other scenarios.

                I would suggest reading up on intersectionality.

                By the way, all of this is covered in the subreddit sidebar, including in an FAQ in the wiki.

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        19 days ago

        Yeah but thats a subreddit not REDDIT itself, you can similarly start a /c/TwoX on just about any Lemmy instance.

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          19 days ago

          While I do agree with what you’re saying, I actually think a “by women for women” instance has a slightly different impact than a “by women for women” community. There are definitely pros and cons for both, though

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        19 days ago

        We used to have an equivalent on our instance, but it was constantly flooded with reply-bros and trans people complaining about the name, so we archived it as no women was willing to moderate it (for understandable reasons).

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        19 days ago

        I wondered if they made the jump over here. Guess not, sadly. Reading that sub has made me a better man, because it offers some pretty harsh critiques of male behavior.

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      18 days ago

      Its all technically ran by trans women which is mildly interesting, like the mods of 2x and the others on reddit and here I think

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        18 days ago

        on reddit every female sub is ran by the same woman