What do you think of Jameela Jamil?

Jameela gets lauded as a feminist icon a lot, and I do think she raises valid points sometimes about diet culture and misogyny; however she’s a massive massive hypocrite- particularly towards men. If a man does something wrong, out come the pitchforks. If a woman does something wrong, and gets held accountable for it, she labels that as misogyny.

She also did a really long-winded blog rant a few years ago about how men are all inherent dangers to women… it’s ridiculous- she’s a horrible woman but people overlook that horrible side because she’s made valid points on a few occasions, but that’s like saying “I know this person’s a murderer but they’re also an organ donor so let’s focus on the good they’ve done” (that’s an extreme analogy- I’m not calling Jamil a murderer or anything- it’s mainly the logic of “we can’t hold this person accountable because they’ve done good things”).

She also talks a lot about how there’s no shame in women being single, but then uses lines like “you will die alone” (I have screenshots on record… i know she deleted a lot of her tweets) to the men she disagrees with. So if a woman is single, that’s empowering, but if a man’s single that’s shameful and makes him a loser.

She’ll rightly call out people who criticise/make fun of a woman’s appearance… then she’ll make fun of the appearances of men who disagree with her.

Then there’s the abortion debate… as somebody with no children and no plans to have them, the abortion debate isn’t one I have particularly strong feelings about- however her hypocrisy with regards to that is astonishing. If a man has a pro-life stance, she’ll use the “no uterus no opinion” line… but then she tries to get male pro-choice allies on her side… if you’re going to use that “no uterus no opinion” line at least be consistent and use it towards both.

True egalitarianism and being an ally to women, is holding women and men to the same standards. Don’t infantilise women (that’s essentially misogyny to treat us as if we’re these precious angels incapable of wrongdoing) and don’t vilify men (that’s misandry because it treats men as a monolithic evil hive mind)- we’re both capable of good and bad. There are good and bad eggs on both sides- misogyny and misandry aren’t the answers.

Honestly, I don’t like Piers Morgan; in fact I can’t stand him, but most of the time when he bickers with this lady (which he has done a lot), it’s hard not to be on his side (as much as that pains me to say).