How Pinterest Is Killing Feminism
2nd October 2012
Pinterest’s user-generated content, which overwhelmingly emphasizes recipes, home decor, and fitness and fashion tips, feels like a reminder that women still seek out the retrograde, materialistic content that women’s magazines have been hawking for decades — and that the internet was supposed to help overcome.
Shame on all those pig-ignorant women who insist on following their own individual interests and refuse to get with the program that their betters have laid out for them!
And some of the most re-pinned recipes are diet ones. Pizza crust made with crumbled cauliflower as a low-carb alternative to dough is almost shockingly popular.
I mean, the nerve!
This isn’t where the internet was supposed to take us. The women I know who work in online women’s media hoped that the online content they created would provide an intellectual but fun alternative to print publications’ predictable fare.
And then that pesky market got in the way! People shouldn’t be allowed to just do what they want! They need to follow directions!