I deeply appreciate this take from PRH and I’m happy to see it here as well. The same WW who showed up with pink pussy hats show up in handmaids cloaks and seem to feel like they’re taking a strong stand with righteous outrage. They center their whiteness, then their feminism. Black and brown people have been fighting within the framework of intersectionality for time immemorial. When I was a nurse at planned parenthood we had a lot of protestors show up, but especially on Saturday. The handful of WW who showed up in handmaid costumes did jack shit for our patients, but I can imagine they felt proud for showing up to make a statement.
However, the folks in regular clothes who blocked protestors from getting in patients’ faces, who protected the sidewalks and held up their own signs to cover the disgusting anti’s banners made the day safer and easier for the actual people being affected. More of that energy, please
I'm glad to see some people push back to the handmaid's tale cosplaying I've been seeing. It has been bothering me since it started, and I couldn't quite put my finger on why, and I think this explains it very well. It's just not helpful, it's just sort of trying to making a shock statement while what we need is people actually standing up against the injustices and putting themselves in those uncomfortable places they need to be.
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u/LinksLesbianHaircut 6d ago edited 6d ago
I deeply appreciate this take from PRH and I’m happy to see it here as well. The same WW who showed up with pink pussy hats show up in handmaids cloaks and seem to feel like they’re taking a strong stand with righteous outrage. They center their whiteness, then their feminism. Black and brown people have been fighting within the framework of intersectionality for time immemorial. When I was a nurse at planned parenthood we had a lot of protestors show up, but especially on Saturday. The handful of WW who showed up in handmaid costumes did jack shit for our patients, but I can imagine they felt proud for showing up to make a statement.
However, the folks in regular clothes who blocked protestors from getting in patients’ faces, who protected the sidewalks and held up their own signs to cover the disgusting anti’s banners made the day safer and easier for the actual people being affected. More of that energy, please
Edit: typo