'The good, the bad, and the jelly'

Article here. Excerpt:

'I feel exceedingly intimidated stepping onto the tintack-strewn floor that is feminist debate in Cambridge today. This is not due to the complex nature of feminist issues, although that does of course raise a few challenges, but rather because of the hostility and anger which now surrounds them. Nevertheless, the perception of the CUSU Women’s Campaign amongst students raises important questions which need to be addressed. Barefoot, I will attempt to wander through.

With a new wave of feminism breaking across some of the most important social and political topics of the moment, the Women’s Campaign should be more popular than it has been for a long time. Despite this, when questioning some undergraduates for their thoughts on it, I was presented with a catalogue of looks of either total indifference or outright disdain.
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Although very much a feminist, I feel incredibly conflicted when it comes to the Women’s Campaign in Cambridge. I am only too ready to herald it as a super-power of Good through which we can fight forces of Evil and secure gender equality. In reality, I am often left dispirited and isolated by it.
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This brings me to the exclusion of men from the Women’s Campaign. It is indeed important for women’s campaigns to be run by women, but this must not involve an ‘us and them’ attitude towards the opposite sex when what we are ultimately striving for is gender equality. Banning men from attending the CUSU campaign’s bi-weekly meetings surely creates a monologue where there should be a dialogue.

On the Campaign’s Facebook page, in a side list of posting rules, it is written: “0. [So important it is before point one.] THIS IS A WOMEN’S SPACE. Respect women’s experience, respect women’s lived experience, respect women’s voices. Men are welcome to read and to listen, but if you decide to engage please keep your male privilege in check.”'