Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz
“I, once again, find myself unable to stop thinking about a question Cartoons Hate Her recently asked. This time, it’s What Does a Feminist Look Like in 2025? Returning to Alabama and Trump 2.0 have changed my opinions on this, and other elements of ‘wokeness.’ (I’m hardly alone in re-evaluating wokeness, it should be said.) I think my attitude, before, was essentially, ‘Shoot for the moon, land among the stars.’ Even if occasionally ham-fisted and ineffectual, woke shit is generally better than throwing up our hands and simply accepting current levels of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. Having now lived in red, blue, and then red again areas, I’m much more sympathetic to the idea that maybe wokeness impacted redder areas and communities in fundamentally worse and more alienating ways than bluer areas.” (05/14/25)
https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/maybe-in-2025-a-feminist-looks-like