Schwyzer’s condesplaining classist WOC-dismissing look-at-meee stuff repelled me for good years ago, and the recent revelations only confirm that I’ve been right to avoid him.  Michelle outlines the clusterfuck neatly -

michelledean:

If the name “Hugo Schwyzer” means nothing to you, it’s probably best to skip this post.

(Also, I’m jealous.)

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  1. illbebach reblogged this from tigtog
  2. tigtog reblogged this from michelledean and added:
    condesplaining classist WOC-dismissing look-at-meee stuff repelled me for...recent...
  3. heavyonthethinking reblogged this from psychotropicpolitics and added:
    I agree with it as well. I hadn’t seen some of the bigger issue posts of his, but the ones he’s had on Jezebel have all...
  4. psychotropicpolitics reblogged this from michelledean and added:
    that I agree with AND lest people actually take note...HS quote a few days ago. The thing...
  5. furnaceofchildlove said: Wow, I missed that post about him sleeping with his students. It’s pretty telling that he chose the “dirty old man” point as his focus, rather than actually you know, discussing the gender power dynamics inherent in that situation.
  6. fresafresca said: Accepting him as a non-criminal functioning adult is one thing, accepting him as a person who has a right to profit off of feminism is another - the latter I will never accept, even though I think the former is possible. I agree with you.
  7. mikkipedia reblogged this from michelledean and added:
    feminist blogging industry...ethically bankrupt.
  8. bugalu reblogged this from michelledean
  9. taoistdrunk said: If silence is endorsement please take this as my Official Non-Endorsement
  10. deepomega said: I don’t know about his other writing, or his quote-unquote feminist creds - but his post about his attempted murder-suicide read to me as extremely repentant and confessional and honest about how fucked up addiction is.
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