"Choice feminism" is a problem because it denies class effects. Talking about one's own personal lived experience and relationship to choices isn't choice feminism. It's sharing life experiences. I think it is an important part of feminism to understand how women navigate that dance between the personal and the general.

I also do think it's important to understand the subjective experience of positive aspects of things that are bad for us. I used to wear high heels because I wanted to be taller. It was straightforward. I generally didn't wear stilettos because they hurt, but when I wore them, I did feel like a bad ass. Of course, the feeling of "bad ass"ness came from media images of the femme fatale. For my generation, the most powerful images of women that we saw were generally also sexy. I think my work as a feminist is to acknowledge that cultural layer and work to critique and change it. But it's also to advocate for shoe companies making better designed heels so that those who want the height boost suffer less to get it. And for what it's worth, platforms never hurt me to wear.