Tweeting the 'F Word'

When the hashtag #IamFeminist appeared in the Twitterverse, I was keen to jump onboard. As someone who has always maintained that 'feminism' means nothing other than 'equality', I felt that it was important to express my position and show solidarity.  Literally, within seconds, my feed started to twitch with responses. Clearly this was touching a nerve in the collective Twitter psyche of those who believe that 'feminism' is a dirty word and inherently implies that all self proclaimed feminists are many-headed-misandry-hydras. 

That Twitter has recently become a place where these kinds of view seem to sanctioned by those able to scream into the echo chamber led me to questions whether or not women should boycott Twitter altogether. Here's a blog I wrote with some thoughts on this.