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[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 25 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 0 fun26 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I think radical feminism has been erased so thoroughly it's difficult for young women to find the radfems even if they go looking for them. They have no presence in Universities anymore, no in-person organizing, just Ovarit and Spinsters. My guess would be Ovarit skews older because of the invite system. You have to already have an established internet presence in the right places to get an invite, not likely from teenage girls who were literally kids in the heyday of Gendertrender and r/gendercritical.

I can't imagine how painful it must be to be a teenage lesbian right now. There's no one to talk to and nowhere to go, especially trapped at home with your family the past year. I would have been clawing at the walls after a couple of months given what a mess I was in Highschool.

I do think there will be a wave of conservative and religious lesbians coming out of this situation, because those communities can be safer for them to be in than some queer communities. They'll have a choice between constant sexual harassment and being disapproved of but mostly left alone. The only alternative available most places in the U.S. to whatever aspect of popular culture you dissent from is the conservative subculture.

[–]howdidthishappen 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Just for the record: Ovarit invites don’t work like that. Pretty much all you need is a Twitter account to message the ovarit account and get a code. Or come across someone currently giving out codes. You don’t need an “established internet presence” or anything and the invite is only needed if you want to post/comment on there.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Eh, I'm gonna stick with what I said. You have to Tweet a little before they'll give you a code?

[–]howdidthishappen 7 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

Back then I made an account just to message them, so no tweets at all and got a code

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nice. That is a security flaw, though. Keeping a private group online while attracting new members is almost impossible though, for this exact reason.