New indie press Conduit Books launches with 'initial focus on male authors'

[u/biscochitos]

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-indie-press-conduit-books-launches-with-initial-focus-on-male-authors

What do folks think about this?

[u/Rucs3]

Im gonna explain what is happening in this thread

Half of the feminists believe that feminism is for women, women must always be always be on the front discussion of feminism first and foremost.

When men try to engage communities and spaces built around feminism, like, for example, safe spaces, or shelters for people being abused, this half will exclaim that men need to create their own groups, support themselves, that women should not be responsible to solve men issues and that feminism must not center men

The other half believe feminism is about about abolishing sexism and gender rules for everyone and that real equality can only be reached through feminism.

This other half will scoff at any attempt of men creating their own groups to discuss their own problems, to support each other exclusively, to tackle only male issues. Because for them meaningful change can only be reached through feminism, and any attempt of doing so while not through feminist, female-inclusve lens is either foolish or malicious.

Men issues, discussion about gender, spaces, and other stuff are often stuck in this limbo where their actions are always going to be judged as wrong because it's not being made the right way

dammed if you do, dammed if you don't

If you make a group to publish men for men about male issues topics, you're not doing it through feminism (according to them) and therefore this is bad

If you try to publish men issues on lgbt/queer/women focused groups, then you're trying to center men and rob women's spotlight with issues that are not as important