There are certainly a lot of criticisms I could make about this article.
But the one that stands out is that after reading it I went and read through a bunch of RPW threads and wow that subreddit is really … normal? The article characterizes it as
- “Reddit’s most infamous MRA community” (… wait what about … r/MensRights?)
- “chamber of bigoted secrets”
- “violently misogynistic”
- “hateful discussion”
but the stuff I read really just reminded me of, like, a million conversations I’ve had with other girls. “I just started a new job and guys keep hitting on me, how do I react?” “He says his best friend is a girl … is that weird?” “I got rejected by my crush and now no man will ever love me again!” It’s … well, not exactly Sex and the City, but Sex and the City if all the characters were Charlotte. Yet somehow, this is a subversive and reactionary fringe political group.