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“Ableist feminism is making reproductive rights activism all about birth control, abortion, and the right to *not* have children if you don’t want to, while writing off the fact that so many disabled people have to fight for the right to have kids, as if that’s not a reproductive rights issue, too.”
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“Ableist feminism is centering all their body positivity on “being healthy!!” when my body cannot be and will never be “"healthy”“ and i will always be ill.”
3.
“Ableist feminism is accusing people of being “bad/fake feminists” for not going to/participating in rallies, protests, and other events and ignoring how inaccessible these events can be.“
4. “Ableist feminism is criticizing people for not speaking up about misogyny and disregarding reasons why ND people may not be able to do so (such as lack of spoons, not being able to handle conflict/confrontation, difficulty with communication, etc).”
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“Ableist feminism is being outraged at the women who were sent to abusive asylums for being outspoken and such, because they “didn’t belong there,” while completely ignoring the institutional abuse of actual ND people.“
6. “Ableist feminism acts like autistic men are inherently more misogynistic than allistic men.”
7. “Ableist feminism is arguing that women’s concerns are valid because they’re not “crazy”
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“Ableist feminism is mocking people for “living in their parent’s basement”
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“Ableist feminism is no or poor accommodations for the disabled at feminist events.”
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“Ableist feminism is calling bigots ableist slurs.”
Let’s talk about ableism in mainstream feminism – submit your examples of ableist feminsim here.
