and you care because...?

I was having a pleasant casual conversation with some friends the other day and somehow or another I end up stating how I don't like feminists. Unfortunately these friends happen to identify as feminists and are much more articulate and better debaters then I am, so this didn't go over too well. Ok, maybe making such a generalized statement like that is a bit misconceiving. What I meant was I don't like the type of feminists who say/write crap like "womyn" or "herstory" or listen to Ani Difranco (I'm sorry but she is just fucking terrible) or dissect every beer ad they see as objectifying when really it is just using sex appeal to sell their product when they flip right past a different ad that shows a guy half naked in a provocative pose. I happen to like being considered pretty or cute and therefore get cat calls and the occasional free something. I agree that there are many fucked up things that happen to women all over the world, but fucked up things happen to men too. I just can't see how making tie-dyed shirts is going to prevent date rape and I certainly can't see why they think I want to hear about their menstrual cycles or Gaia life forces or whatever. I am all for equality, but I like being the femme in a relationship and I like having other people lift the heavy stuff for me. I wish I looked good in a tux, but I really like being able to cry at anything and wear red lipstick and tight jeans instead. I like whiskey and beer, but I also like cosmos and mojitos. I play dress up all of the time but I really like to build furniture and study maps. I prefer cheeseburgers to salads, I am totally obsessed with losing weight and dressing to appeal to boys while still being considered "one of the guys", I hate generic romance, I am capable of most things but I would love to have someone else to drive me around, buy me dinner sometimes, and do my taxes. Mischa Barton, Natalie Portman, and Beyonce Knowles are fucking sexy, as are Adrian Brody, Elijah Wood, and Seth Rogan.



Great. I totally lost where I was going with this rant. Basically, why the hell does anyone care if I like feminists and feminism anyway? It's just an opinion, it isn't carved in stone or tattooed across my face, and it isn't unjust either. I have spent plenty of time surrounded by the kind of feminists I previously described and I don't like those people. If most of the feminists I knew were awesome people and were able to speak intelligently about what their ideals were then maybe I wouldn't have this opinion. Also, you can have all of the opinions you want, it's when your opinions start making you act like an asshole and a bigot that it becomes a problem. I also don't like conservative religious (any religion) republicans. Anyone gonna jump down my throat for that? No, because whitey is always up and society is always keeping women down.
Or something.