“Bad boy male feminist” Hugo Schwyzer confessed in an epic Twitter meltdown last Friday that he had used “sex and charm and whiteness” to scam his way into both teaching gigs and the pages of progressive outlets like The Atlantic, Jezebel, The Huffington Post and The Guardian. The blog Feministe eventually decided to stop linking to Schwyzer’s work (after all, “trying to murder your girlfriend is abhorrent”), and in his manic Twitter rant Schwyzer apologized in particular for being “awful” to women of color who were in the way of his grab for attention.
https://twitter.com/hugoschwyzer/statuses/365910268473114625
Feministe blogger Jill Filipovic’s sympathetic response to Schwyzer’s meltdown wasn’t appreciated by some of the targets of Schwyzer’s abuse.
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/365914580079230977
https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/366961128603000832
https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/366937436242186241
https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/366953796791832576
The #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen hashtag certainly touched a nerve, trending in the United States.
https://twitter.com/trendinaliaUS/status/367093543115845632
https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/366954647073730561
Yes, that did happen.
https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/366951677602971649
#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen means Rihanna has a responsibility but Miley is just experimenting
— ???Rap Game Gorgon ??? (@Blackamazon) August 12, 2013
#solidarityisforwhitewomen is when you're sick of the hashtag for a few hours, and we're sick of your privilege for a few centuries
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) August 12, 2013
#solidarityisforwhitewomen when every little blonde white girl gets an amber alert but missing girls of color get crickets
— whatsername (@thejadedhippy) August 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/VidaStarr/status/367075880532574210
https://twitter.com/VidaStarr/status/367096798151589888
#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen when white women displace women of color by moving into edgy neighborhoods they know nothing about
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) August 13, 2013
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https://twitter.com/VidaStarr/status/367097838724857856
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#solidarityisforwhitewomen pic.twitter.com/OI2Ez9E600
— Mitsawokett (@Mitsawokett) August 12, 2013
https://twitter.com/RaniaKhalek/status/367014779950350337
https://twitter.com/BlackCanseco/status/366962791858454531
https://twitter.com/kchamomile/status/366965276505423872
#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen pic.twitter.com/4yRGz1AG0z
— Mitsawokett (@Mitsawokett) August 12, 2013
https://twitter.com/ChiefElk/status/366974706110316544
#solidarityisforwhitewomen who have time to complain about the hashtag while the rest of WOC are working while tweeting in the hashtag.
— ProfB (@AntheaButler) August 12, 2013
@karnythia Seriously, most white feminists do not give any damns about the current nor the historical issues WOC have faced. So yeah.
— ProfB (@AntheaButler) August 12, 2013
https://twitter.com/bad_dominicana/status/367009782277746688
#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen is trending. Looks like our privilege is showing … (again) http://t.co/dQpoqaT25a
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) August 12, 2013
http://twitter.com/xsogden/status/366996930930294785
https://twitter.com/BlackCanseco/status/367097164335284225
Famous white feminist Martha Plimpton did have this concession to make.
https://twitter.com/MarthaPlimpton/status/367084470609784832
https://twitter.com/MarthaPlimpton/status/367098776088887296
@MarthaPlimpton Right on! And it shouldn't!
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) August 13, 2013
https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/367103436388438018
Speaking of Lena Dunham, there is some common ground to be found between conservatives and progressive feminists of color: the “Girls” phenomenon confounds all.
#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen when Lena Dunham is called the voice of a generation even though there are no women of color on "Girls".
— PragmaticObotsUnite (@PragObots) August 12, 2013
I can promise you I'm not in solidarity with these white women. #solidarityisforwhitewomen pic.twitter.com/LF6iUZyd6f
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) August 12, 2013
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