Burning the haystack down, together!
A viral instagram post said: burn the haystack down.
I agree. But not like this.
When feminism galvanises women against men rather than alongside them, it replicates the binary it's trying to dismantle. bell hooks knew this. don Miguel Ruiz knew this.
And when a friend asked me why I was so triggered by the post, I had to look at my own stuff too.
New Substack essay — honest, uncomfortable, and I think necessary.
Have a read here
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