Reddit is controlled overwhelmingly by men and people with certain political interests. Again and again, subreddits intended for women have been slowly taken over by men, to the point where women are not allowed to speak openly on our own platforms.

It's so important that we as women create our own spaces. I personally am part of the moderation team on a fairly large subreddit and we get constant messages from nearly all men, many of whom run porn or fetish or other questionable subreddits, asking if they can be part of the team. IMO, this is how the takeover happens, and we are very careful about not adding new moderators for this reason.

We NEED female moderators and male allies- ACTUAL allies, not just "faux woke bros" that want to tell women what to do. If you are considering starting a subreddit, please do it. If we don't start actively pushing back, we are going to have no spaces left.