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[–]MarkTwainiac 25 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 0 fun26 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, Sall Grover is now taking the position that her app/website is female-only. But IMO it's not for women. In the site/app's own words:

giggle is designed to give girls choice, control, consent and connection. Whether it is finding a roommate, a running buddy, a gig or simply someone to confide in and receive emotional support from, girls can do this on giggle.

And

giggle is the collective noun for a group of girls

Tee hee.

Sall's site seems like it's geared towards teeny-boppers. If she wants to attract women, she's gotta stop with the infantilizing language

[–]penelopekitty 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

She might want to reconsider her position on 'sex work' too.

[–]censorshipment 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I created Giggle because I wanted women to have a "refuge" away from misogyny.

Great.

I don't need a label to fight for the rights of women & girls. I don't really care about "radfem" or "Gender Critical" labels. They're irrelevant to me. You could take the label of "feminist" away & I wouldn't care. It wouldn't stop me fighting for women & girls.

But why? Creating a female-only space is a feminist action.

[–]jet199 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Is it a feminist action in Islam? Was putting your daughter in a nunnery a feminist action?

[–]MarkTwainiac 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good point. Lots of sex-segregation that has created female-only spaces over the course of history has been anything but feminist. Numerous female-only spaces - nunneries, menstrual huts, harems, separate curtained-off sections in places of worship, the Magdelene laundries, homes for unwed mothers - have been created by men as ghettos for members of "the second sex."

[–]fuckupaddams 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I downloaded the app yesterday but it seems dead af unfortunately

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

I downloaded it after the 1st kerfluffle. It was honestly pretty garbage, all things considered. Uninstalled for that reason.

[–]bradjohnsonishere2 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Immediately downloaded the app