Speaking of tumblr, stuff like this is what gives me mixed feelings about internet social activism. On one hand, I like that people on the internet actually have these conversations about hypocrisy and intersectionalism (even if they aren't always the most productive conversations). On the other hand, armchair activists galore...
In my limited experience, I find that similar stuff happens within volunteer organizations too. There's this really weird spectrum of talk vs. action depending on the person -- some of the most involved figures at the local level love to "organize"/plan/come up with ideas, but when it comes down to doing the actual work or actually practicing what they preach... nooooope. And Church Lady types exist even outside the Christian framework, which was kinda surprising to me though it probably shouldn't have been. It makes me wonder a lot about cultural osmosis though, because some of it manifests in very different ways, but some of it... is really quite oddly similar. /tangent
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Date: 2013-11-20 05:20 am (UTC)In my limited experience, I find that similar stuff happens within volunteer organizations too. There's this really weird spectrum of talk vs. action depending on the person -- some of the most involved figures at the local level love to "organize"/plan/come up with ideas, but when it comes down to doing the actual work or actually practicing what they preach... nooooope. And Church Lady types exist even outside the Christian framework, which was kinda surprising to me though it probably shouldn't have been. It makes me wonder a lot about cultural osmosis though, because some of it manifests in very different ways, but some of it... is really quite oddly similar. /tangent