What are your hopes for the new r/gendercritical site when it is created?

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[–]oldpinewoods 17 insightful - 2 fun17 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I don't like the idea of letting just anyone participate in the main GC forum. There was a reason r/GC discouraged participation from men/trans/detrans.

They should be allowed to join the GC site though and have sections specifically for them. (Detrans, LGB, men etc.)

But mainly, the site should be for women/radical feminists.

[–]Lyssa 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This depends if it should be a radfem site first and foremost or a kind of lobby and support group for gender critical activities and opinions.

I lean strongly towards the latter but of course it's not for me to decide.

Just my two cents: People like Graham Linehan, the Gender Critical Dad and also "classic transsexuals" like Debbie Hayton have done a lot to clarify and solidify my stance on the gender movement. If the main objective of the site is to fight the gender cult we should include everybody willing to help.

There could still be a sub just for women or just for the discussion of other aspects of feminism.

[–]oldpinewoods 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

r/GC was a radfem sub first and foremost. I don't see why that has to change?

I don't mind men joining the site, but just like with r/gcguys, they should have their own section to discuss. Not every woman wants to hear their opinion.

Anyway, it's up to the mods whatever they decide, but I'm not sure I would want to join a gc radfem site that doesn't center women's voices.

[–]Lyssa 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It does not have to. It's a decisions the mods need to make.

Each approach has it's advantages and disadvantages. A "single issue lobby" approach would possibly gain a critical momentum really fast now with the JKR debate peaking people left and right. But it - obviously - would be less of a "digital home" for radfems.

A digital home would have its obvious advantages (above all being the new home for GC community) but can easily turn into a dead end without a large platform like reddit drawing in readers from other communities. I'm neither young nor new to the internet. I've seen it happen 2-3 times before.The start is euphoric "Yeah, our new place! Our castle, our rules!" and then the participation twindles over the months and years because you don't reach a wider audience and there comes a point when the veterans have posted anything they had to post and discussed anything they had to discuss.

Full disclosure: I was a long time lurker of Gender Critical and used its ressources to educate myself on the transgender issue. I was not an active participant because I was afraid the association would make me less effective dropping the points and breadcrumps on other boards (mostly the autism community which I'm part of and which is a HUGE target for all things transgender).