{"id":3249,"date":"2018-04-04T03:22:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T18:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=3249"},"modified":"2018-11-01T06:38:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T21:38:20","slug":"why-chromophobia-of-metoo-does-not-make-any-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=3249","title":{"rendered":"Why chromophobia of #MeToo does not make any sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3250\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-02-at-5.17.16-PM-400x261.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-02-at-5.17.16-PM-400x261.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-02-at-5.17.16-PM-768x502.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The #MeToo&#8217;ers got their aesthetic affiliation all wrong as they went for Puritanism\u2014one of history&#8217;s archetypal patriarchies. In my latest contribution to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcriterion.com\/issues\/2018\/4\/paint-it-black-9738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The New Criterion<\/em><\/a>, I discuss how the movement&#8217;s desire to disassociate itself from traditional trappings of femininity, including color, is incongruent with their professed embrace of the oppressed &#8220;other.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The #MeToo&#8217;ers got their aesthetic affiliation all wrong as they went for Puritanism\u2014one of history&#8217;s archetypal patriarchies. 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