I can go to YouTube and type in the word “feminism”and the first videos are, “I don’t identify as a feminist,” “men’s right activist versus feminist,” “feminist goes from bashing men to crying,” and “the sad truth about feminism.”
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I hope it's because feminist don't need to look up what feminism is. We don't looks for YouTube videos on the topic. We just live the truth. Only misogynistic aholes would look this up so they are looking for voices and topic that resonate with their narcissistic tendencies.
It's important for people who haven't heard any actual arguments for feminism to have opportunities to be exposed to a positive opinion of them though. This is how you get anti feminists who don't know what feminism actually means
I guess at my age, a 3rd generation feminist that raised three like minded daughters just expected that everyone knows gender equality is a given. I didn't think for moment there might be people out there that didn't understand this basic truth, though many chose to ignore truth it seems.
I miss when the internet didn’t have algorithms and everything was 100% human beings interacting.
Anyway, I’m a poor homeless immigrant living out my car: if you care enough to help donate to my survival fund ⬇️ I’ve been trying to get my sickle cell medication for 3 days now. I can verify🙏🏾
More white men should be championing feminism and shoving anti-trans dorks into lockers. I don’t know how women live around and with men who have abhorrent values without constantly asking themselves, “Do these people hate me?” Their actions say yes.
Seriously, most women develop a finely tuned system of self protection, deflection and, yes, collaboration tactics at a shocking young age. Most of us don’t even realize how constantly on alert we are and blow it off as caretaking or emotional intelligence.
The obscenely wealthy have been very successful getting the flocks to fight pointless culture wars, instead of realizing we're actually utterly losing the class war they're waging against workers.
This sentiment is everywhere. I just tried to listen to the latest Unsiloed podcast and had to turn it off. Apparently, feminism is responsible for all current unhappiness.
So now would be a horrible time to start a gay commie YouTube channel as a man then? How bout July? I kind of need fascism to calm down before my debut drops.
Tech bros don't like equality.
Govt will intervene to put women's lives at risk for, reasons.
But won't intervene as Tech bros Bend our minds, for decades.
There’s a lot of right wing money going into bot and click farms as well as buying off the social media sights as well. I have no doubt that’s what is behind it, but we need to fix the problem or it’ll influence a bunch of people into being evil
Feminists don't bash men. They support women. Why do some people, men and women both, think you have to bash one group to support another? Equality is not a football game.
I typed “unethical practices by law enforcement” into our HS school database (GALE) for a case study assignment in my Criminal Investigations class, and the top response was a fact sheet on how Trump’s DOJ is eliminating unethical behavior in the Justice Department. I laughed, then I cried.
YouTube has prioritised rage videos for a long time now. Like a film? Want to find out more about it? How about a video where someone calls it bad because there’s a black character. Looking for a video on gay rights? They’ve all been banned, here’s a video about why it’s sinful. It’s bad.
Because we aren't supposed to make and feel our own joy, self-worth and strength, or heaven forfend our own emotions, because inadequate little man-babies will feel like crying & don't know what to do with that except be angry and sadistic.
Yeah, and what's worse is the algorithm promotes the most popular content, and when it comes to MRA and young males, the most popular content is a sea of slushy shit.
You get the same kind of crap if you search YouTube for "male feminist," as if that's a really bad thing. It's like Henry Higgins is running the show at YouTube and just blunders around singing "Why can't a woman be more like a man." WTAF?
It's just a buzz word now 😒
Being 62 and growing up in rural Missouri, I struggle with young women not being "feminist." Sweetheart, do you like to vote? Get a credit card? Have a job? Wear pants?? THAT is your foremothers paving the way for your success right now!
I’m 48, raised in rural Missouri as well. My daughters are in their 20’s and every ounce of my soul has died that I see that disconnect there. They are too far removed from people who have had to live with that discrimination maybe? I don’t know. I’m truly at a loss about it 🤷🏼♀️
I actually lectured my manager on this a few years ago - she was a generation younger than her, and I didn’t usually make a big deal about that, but over that I finally had to sit her down and have a chat as her elder.
Of course they demonize the word "feminism". They have done it for decades now with communism, socialism, unions, Black Lives Matter. That's what the right wing does, demonize what they fear or what they don't understand.
I'm seeing a lot of vitriol online. I've blocked 9500 people in the past year, so this uptick is clear.
I think there's a denial phase happening on the right. I read that the 5 stages don't always happen in order, and the process can repeat at any time.
I just saw Out There, a great indie film.
This is a very clear statement about the state of things and how mainstream that kind of thing has gotten. In the other hand, if you type in “womanist” the results are very lovely
This is what happens when right wing $ is used to force unpopular articles to the top of search lists.
Even when the search engine discloses that the top items are paid, few readers equate that to propaganda. Few even realize it's because those are UNpopular POVs.
My husband has been semi-radicalized by the manosphere and I now use his YouTube and have systematically erased all the alt right, woman hating incel subscriptions-Rogan was first into the round file
He was mad, said “don’t use it, YouTube doesn’t like it” - as if I could break the algorithm 🤓 accused me of loading “lying
MSNBC and cnn” where could he have heard that? So what’s on YouTube now?
•Japanese home bldg
•Korean home bldg
•Sam and Vincent
So now he’s stopped bitching and watches w me 😊
Add “The Click” to his subscriptions: bright guy who makes fun of willfully uninformed posts on social media about women (& other topics)…also waves a sword around sometimes & does serious strength training.
On the same note- the only political YT I watch are Lefty women, but it forces rwnj fox etc at me, where I have to research to watch the women I watch daily. I’ve never in my life watched any fox etc
Thinking about this, I 1st wondered what can women do to counter this 🤔 Then I realized this is their problem, not ours to fix. These boys need to grow the fuck up.
Interesting discussion with my youngest. She insists she wants to be a kept woman still making her own money, so she isn’t a feminist.
I hope I helped her see that is the very definition of feminism… to be able to make the choices for yourself that make sense…. And support other women doing so.
I’ve also looked subjects up that I have previously. I don’t find the same info or it leads me into the opposite direction. Really atrocious that none of our government entities take their oaths or pledges seriously and arrest these seditionists!
So gross! I think people forget how bad women have had it for so long. My mother was the first woman in her PhD program at Mizzou. She couldn’t apply for a credit card on her own. I teach my son these facts. Feminism is lifting women up.
Why is feminism marketed as a bad thing to women? I don’t get it. It feels like I’m being told to hate other women and despise independence. Or is that the point? It sucks as an adult woman, realizing how far back into childhood, gender roles were glorified and taught in movies, tv, and culture.
And Fkg Rush Limbaugh got the "medal of freedom" from tRump. You can help change that algorithm. Find a vid 👍 Go to it,watch it all the way thru. Bookmark if you don't want 2 subscribe.Exit your browser.Only need to watch entirely once. Repeat exit repeat.YouTube will "learn" to find your interests
I watch YouTube fairly regularly for topics of interest (Ukraine, Chinese politics, science, nerd stuff) plus get sucked into short clips from popular TV shows.
In the last few months YouTube has flooded my feed with rightwing content, mostly not ads.
YouTube is becoming a cesspool.
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The recommended videos on the side were *nearly all* intense Megan haters.
For several days later, my YouTube was flooded with anti-Meghan videos recommended to me.
Who is doing this, and why?
…wtf #YouTube!?
Without my curated algorithm of content made either by trans allies or trans folks themselves, it's nothing but transphobia.
Anyway, I’m a poor homeless immigrant living out my car: if you care enough to help donate to my survival fund ⬇️ I’ve been trying to get my sickle cell medication for 3 days now. I can verify🙏🏾
Seriously, most women develop a finely tuned system of self protection, deflection and, yes, collaboration tactics at a shocking young age. Most of us don’t even realize how constantly on alert we are and blow it off as caretaking or emotional intelligence.
Govt will intervene to put women's lives at risk for, reasons.
But won't intervene as Tech bros Bend our minds, for decades.
Who benefits?
Why does equality for one upset the other?? 💥
They always have an underlying amount of misogyny and frequently feature bullying disguised as pranks.
My son likes soccer and the algo pushes these sh**ty “Men vs Women’s soccer” videos showing women falling and missing goals.
Google sucks Trumps cock.
Any questions?
4th wave plz? 🥹
That has stuck with me for over 30 years.
Being 62 and growing up in rural Missouri, I struggle with young women not being "feminist." Sweetheart, do you like to vote? Get a credit card? Have a job? Wear pants?? THAT is your foremothers paving the way for your success right now!
I think there's a denial phase happening on the right. I read that the 5 stages don't always happen in order, and the process can repeat at any time.
I just saw Out There, a great indie film.
Even when the search engine discloses that the top items are paid, few readers equate that to propaganda. Few even realize it's because those are UNpopular POVs.
MSNBC and cnn” where could he have heard that? So what’s on YouTube now?
•Japanese home bldg
•Korean home bldg
•Sam and Vincent
So now he’s stopped bitching and watches w me 😊
Warning: he’s very easy on the eyes & ears.
“Trigger-nomitry”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc
I’m a male feminist. Women need all the friends of my gender they can get, given the abuses they weather from #ToxicAlphaMales
I hope I helped her see that is the very definition of feminism… to be able to make the choices for yourself that make sense…. And support other women doing so.
It's mostly detransitioning stories
And men generally deserve more bashing than they get.
In the last few months YouTube has flooded my feed with rightwing content, mostly not ads.
YouTube is becoming a cesspool.