politics
March 9, 2026
The Kaja Kallases and Ursula von der Leyens of the West are traitors to feminism
Instead of challenging male power, the high-ranking ladies attach themselves to it like tradwives
TL;DR
- International Women's Day celebrations have shifted from celebrating past victories and future hopes to a more cautious tone, especially among Western female leaders.
- Feminism's history includes competing factions, with the version that became institutionalized being the one most easily accommodated by existing structures.
- While gaining real achievements like financial independence and legal rights, feminism became comfortable within the establishment, absorbing its rules of careful language and strategic silence.
- Contemporary feminist spaces are visually diverse but ideologically narrow, rarely featuring genuine ideological diversity or challenging prevailing worldviews.
- The movement's focus has shifted to adjudicating language and identity categories, often leading to cautious treatment of issues like war and foreign policy.
- The response of many Western female leaders to recent strikes on Iran highlighted a reluctance to directly condemn military actions, prioritizing "regional stability" over clear denunciation of civilian deaths.
- The article suggests that feminism today lacks the ambition to challenge power, having become more about securing positions within existing structures than disrupting them.
- The author calls for a rediscovery of feminism's original spirit of disruption and a willingness to voice uncomfortable truths when the establishment errs.
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