I think this might be the most precise way to state my feelings about SJWs. My casual run-in (well, it’s not that casual but my attitude towards it has been casual?) with feminism tilts academic as most of it happened in law school, so it rings a bit more true to me, but my objection on feminism of this sort (and also in the pop LGBQ+ movement, which is not a coincident) has always been one regarding to their ignorance of their own whiteness–which isn’t even always about being white, or being privileged. Or in other words, white kids who aren’t woke enough, with the stress on “kids”?

A problem with pop culture feminism is that the education is informal and opt-in; rarely are its acolytes (who are inevitably the most vocal and enthusiastic evangelists) given the contextual foundation of its philosophical underpinning. As a result, some of the ideas circulating within the community can be misguided, if not harmful. In the case of nerd culture, the loudest voices are often white and cisgender, a group that, upon warming up to social justice causes, often means well but in their enthusiastic attempt to advocate for others, begin to speak over those who have direct experience with discrimination. Thus the popular narrative is shifted to the least insightful perspective, often taking the movement’s priorities with it[]

Which in summary, is just another way to say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

On the topic in the article though, this is why some anime are awesome and people should watch those. A lot of what western pop culture lack drives people like me to otaku media just all the more. It’s not to say otaku media isn’t just as bad, it probably is even worse if you want to look for it, it’s just also got the diversity and the good stuff, a lot less homogenous and at least a good contrast.

One more quote that resonated with me on a race basis:

We women know we’re strong. We’ve had to be. Sometimes when you praise us for our strength, it feels like you’re celebrating our ability to endure immense amounts of bullshit. In that sense, even the value that straight cisgender men place on our strength feels self serving: in the end, we’re strong, because we’re trying to survive you.

Kind of like this right.