I also think "internalizing the feminist message" would've, YEAH, meant maybe saying "HEY AS A DUDE MAYBE THERE ARE BETTER PEOPLE WHO COULD SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THIS."
ITA. Or even making sure the message was about the feminism - i.e. "as a feminist dude..." or "here's what I think, but please go privilege some of the women now..."
I don't think he's a bad guy for having talked to them, but I think we can critique how he handled the interview (and more especially how the interviewer/editors handled it!) without having to say he's a bad guy who did a bad thing. But yea, there is def. room for criticism and if we decide not to make those criticisms so as not to hurt someone's feelings, then what are we even doing at WisCon at all? These are very important conversations to be having!
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ITA. Or even making sure the message was about the feminism - i.e. "as a feminist dude..." or "here's what I think, but please go privilege some of the women now..."
I don't think he's a bad guy for having talked to them, but I think we can critique how he handled the interview (and more especially how the interviewer/editors handled it!) without having to say he's a bad guy who did a bad thing. But yea, there is def. room for criticism and if we decide not to make those criticisms so as not to hurt someone's feelings, then what are we even doing at WisCon at all? These are very important conversations to be having!