How do you define feminism? Do you acknowledge a difference between "radical feminism" and what I would call vanilla-just-don't-hurt-anyone-and-be-respectful-sex-positive-just-get-consent feminism, as we're sort of past the third wave at this point and haven't quite made a transition into what I assume with be referred to as the fourth.

It confuses me when I see RP posters lump the blue pill crowd under the radfem umbrella, because I haven't seen a single example of a BP poster expressing radical feminism ideas, and all "blue pill" actually means is "disagrees with red pill, for whatever reason, there are several". To me, radfems are associated with the 70s, with the second wave of feminism and the concept that "all sex is rape" (something, by the way, that no educated and respected feminist has gone on the record to say at least in many years, and the quote itself is a paraphrase that has been taken out of context dozens of times over the years) or that men need to actually be subdued in some way, or are inferior, or could be done with out. It confuses me that discussing the concept of consent, for example, is somehow lumped in with the dated suggestion that consensual sex is impossible. I'm pretty sure no one is trying to argue that here.

Radfems are also often associated with TERFs (trans exclusionary radical feminists, aka those who either actively dislike or are at least apathetic to trans individuals and their struggle, who don't consider transwomen to be "real" women, ect) and in all the modern feminist circles that I run in, TERFs aren't welcome, their ideas are seen as dated and insensitive. As you can see, there's plenty of discussion and dissent within the feminist community, it's hardly a homogenous group.

To me, while I'm sure angry feminist bloggers exist and ruffle lots of feathers, they're simply not on my radar. As a feminist, a "regular" feminist, I don't read the angry blogs. I've often been asked if I read any feminist literature, which I do. But it's positive stuff. Organizations that are out there actively raising money for victims, male and female, of abuse. I'm asked if I admire any "big name" feminists, as though they're expecting me to worship angry bloggers. Patrick Stewart is a feminist. Andy Samberg is a feminist. Motherfuckin' James Bond, Daniel Craig, is a feminist. I think there's this very dated mentality in this corner of Reddit that buys into the Rush Limbaugh trope of what a feminist is and it just... isn't true. At least not from where I'm standing.

Thoughts?