This Is What #SorryFeminists Is All About

It started with a tweet from T magazine’s new editor, apologizing for calling writer Katie Roiphe “sexy.”

Deborah Needleman, the newly appointed editor of The New York Times’ T magazine, tweeted this Monday morning:

deborah needleman @debbieneedles Follow

The sexy (sorry, feminists), smart, sassy Katie Roiphe live on stage @nypl on Wednesday night. slate.me/T6IA3g

12:50 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Women on the Twitter (like the New Yorker’s prominent TV critic Emily Nussbaum) shared a WTF reaction:

emilynussbaum @emilynussbaum Follow

@debbieneedles Did you wrote that tweet from 1963? Impressive.

12:59 PM - 8 Oct 12

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And then people were all, if you’re going to apologize for calling a woman sexy, what else should we apologize for? Hashtag time!

Irin Carmon @irincarmon Follow

About to photograph my new nail polish application. #sorryfeminists

2:36 PM - 8 Oct 12

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amaeryllis @amaeryllis Follow

I [redacted] on the first date. #sorryfeminists

3:03 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Stephanie Feldman @sbfeldman Follow

Married to a man. #sorryfeminists

3:16 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Sarah Marian Seltzer @sarahmseltzer Follow

I'm enjoying browsing holiday sales #sorryfeminists

3:18 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Michelle Dean @michelledean Follow

Enjoying my life. #sorryfeminists

3:13 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Emily Willingham @ejwillingham Follow

I think sex with men rocks. #sorryfeminists

3:11 PM - 8 Oct 12

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elliott holt @elliottholt Follow

Wearing fishnet stockings. #sorryfeminists

3:07 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Sarah Lipton-Lubet @LiptonLubet Follow

owner of scented candles. #sorryfeminists

2:59 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Amanda Marcotte @AmandaMarcotte Follow

Wearing yoga pants. #sorryfeminists

2:39 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Others may have taken #sorryfeminists seriously:

Nicole Justice @JusticeMack Follow

Rush Limbaugh is hilarious! #sorryfeminists

4:36 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Violetta Bellocchio @violetta_b Follow

objectification is not only tolerated, but welcome. #sorryfeminists

4:31 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Teegie Weegie @theteegieweegie Follow

red lipstick and high heels.... Daily. #sorryfeminists

4:29 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Tracie @txc84 Follow

Used step stool stacked on chair to remove beeping fire alarm on 10-ft ceiling, then called apt. maint. to replace battery. #SorryFeminists

4:29 PM - 8 Oct 12

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NatalieZed @NatalieZed Follow

I’m deeply invested in American football, MMA, aggressive music, experimental poetry, and BDSM. I also wear red lipstick. #sorryfeminists

4:28 PM - 8 Oct 12

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The whole thing confused a lot of people:

Charlene Carruthers @CharleneCac Follow

#sorryfeminists? What is this about? lololol

4:16 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Julie @metricjulie Follow

what is the #sorryfeminists thing about because I WANT IN probably

3:35 PM - 8 Oct 12

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Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF Follow

So Twitter is really confused about what feminism actually is #sorryfeminists

3:17 PM - 8 Oct 12

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There’s also now a “Sorry Feminists” Tumblr, and it has some really good GIFs:

“Yeah, you can see my bra through my shirt. #sorryfeminists”

Via: sorryfeminists.tumblr.com

“I get paper. #sorryfeminists”

Via: sorryfeminists.tumblr.com

“Therapy. #sorryfeminists”

Via: sorryfeminists.tumblr.com

Update! Needleman responds:

deborah needleman @debbieneedles Follow

Hello twitterers in knicker twist: JOKE!!

7:45 PM - 8 Oct 12

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