Seeing red: Tampons, Twitter and the EFF’s faux rage
What do Julius Malema and tampons have in common? The manufactured male outrage at the prospect of state-funded tampons in Scotland is not all that different from the EFF’s faux rage about Twitter not allowing political advertising
This week, I couldn’t make up my mind whether to write about tampons or about the EFF. Then I realised that they’re basically the same thing. I don’t mean that the EFF is, literally, like a tampon, or even like a used tampon. I can see why the crass and superficially minded might be tempted to push that analogy, given that the party’s politicians are bright red and come with strings attached. Sadly, the EFF is nowhere near as useful as a tampon.
No, what I wanted to write was about how the manufactured male rage at the prospect of state-funded tampons for women applies equally to the EFF’s faux rage about Twitter not allowing political advertising...
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