To: Debbie Stoller, Bust Magazine Editor-in-Chief
Bust Magazine, fire Roseanne as your advice columnist
Bust, you claim to be a feminist magazine. Roseanne does NOT represent intersectional feminists. Our problem with her is not that she's loud, brash, outspoken, or angry. It's that she is transphobic, harrasses feminists on Twitter, and exemplifies a narrow, exclusive type of feminism that leaves out poor women, women of color, and trans women.
REPLACE ROSEANNE with an intersectional feminist as your advice columnist!
REPLACE ROSEANNE with an intersectional feminist as your advice columnist!
Why is this important?
Roseanne's show may have been groundbreaking, but today, Roseanne is transphobic and seemingly woman- (and feminist-)hating. She shouldn't be spewing advice in the pages of a self-proclaimed feminist magazine (or anywhere, really, but we'll settle for not in Bust).
As an xoJane commenter wrote, "[Roseanne] is a prime example of how you can ~*be a woman*~ and ~*do some ground-breaking sh_t*~ and ~*carve out a big place for yourself in women's history*~ AND THEN F_CKING RUIN IT by BEING AN A__HOLE and apparently also not having any reading comprehension skills."
(http://www.xojane.com/issues/lindy-west-roseanne-twitter-rape-jokes#comment-920034251)
In the words of black feminist blogger Trudy Hamilton, "Roseanne's White & class privileged, ignore class intersections in the 99%, transphobic, cis gender 'feminism' = BOO."
(https://twitter.com/thetrudz/status/261860715059609600)
Need some examples?
On 12/23/13, Roseanne tweeted (and then deleted) "susan rice is a man w big swinging ape balls" (https://twitter.com/TheRealRoseanne/status/415172464386138114)
June 2013: Attacking feminist blogger/comedian Lindy West & mischaracterizing her comments as advocating censorship: http://jezebel.com/why-is-roseanne-calling-jezebel-a-misogynistic-woman-h-511345557
October 2012: Discriminating against pre-op trans women: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/73083271.html
No, Bust, we CAN'T "all just get along." (http://www.bust.com/roseanne-barr-and-lindy-west-cant-we-all-just-get-along.html) Grow up and hire an intersectional feminist advice columnist.
As an xoJane commenter wrote, "[Roseanne] is a prime example of how you can ~*be a woman*~ and ~*do some ground-breaking sh_t*~ and ~*carve out a big place for yourself in women's history*~ AND THEN F_CKING RUIN IT by BEING AN A__HOLE and apparently also not having any reading comprehension skills."
(http://www.xojane.com/issues/lindy-west-roseanne-twitter-rape-jokes#comment-920034251)
In the words of black feminist blogger Trudy Hamilton, "Roseanne's White & class privileged, ignore class intersections in the 99%, transphobic, cis gender 'feminism' = BOO."
(https://twitter.com/thetrudz/status/261860715059609600)
Need some examples?
On 12/23/13, Roseanne tweeted (and then deleted) "susan rice is a man w big swinging ape balls" (https://twitter.com/TheRealRoseanne/status/415172464386138114)
June 2013: Attacking feminist blogger/comedian Lindy West & mischaracterizing her comments as advocating censorship: http://jezebel.com/why-is-roseanne-calling-jezebel-a-misogynistic-woman-h-511345557
October 2012: Discriminating against pre-op trans women: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/73083271.html
No, Bust, we CAN'T "all just get along." (http://www.bust.com/roseanne-barr-and-lindy-west-cant-we-all-just-get-along.html) Grow up and hire an intersectional feminist advice columnist.