Just AWFUL
Affluent White Feminist Uber Liberals
I recently heard someone use the acronym AWFUL to describe a certain demographic that is excessively patronizing and exceedingly loud. The AWFULs are Affluent White Female Urban Leftists or interchangeably, the Affluent White Feminist Uber Liberals. And these self-righteous and condescending middle aged women are indeed, truly awful.
They identify as a threat. During COVID, these were your angry eyes, venom spitting coronaKarens at the local grocery store who would get in your face or call the manager on you if you dared to show your face in public. Theses double masked bullies decided to take on the responsibility of enforcing the global tyrants’ rules like a self-nominated hall monitor, chastising you if you didn’t follow the arrows on the tiled floors, scolding you if you weren’t complying with the mask mandates “properly” and wishing death upon you when they found out you hadn’t poisoned yourself.
They’re college educated, with liberal arts degrees from universities that employ tenured socialist and communist academics, who feel entitled to teach the next generations their theories about gender and race. They’re registered Democrats who have Trump Derangement Syndrome and voted for a corpse. Because, “Orange Man, bad”. They watch CNN and read The Atlantic because confirmation bias keeps them from the psychotic break that cognitive dissonance would cause.
They’re woke to the teeth. Pussy hat wearing, virtual signaling, social justice warriors, they take to the streets or the keyboards of their laptops to protest or troll. They’re alphabet community allies and anti-racists. Because it’s the responsibility of the rich and privileged to speak on behalf of those who can’t stand up for themselves.
They’re divesting from their own whiteness, especially “white feminism” and white “fragility”. They’re intersectional feminists who don’t just check their white privilege, they acknowledge and apologize for it and try to purchase absolution by donating their money to organizations claiming to help the victims of all the isms and phobias. They’re listening and learning from the “marginalized” members of society and literally giving indigenous women of color their platform to conduct experiments, run money grabbing scams and “educate” their fans and followers without informed consent.
They’re dismantling their internalized patriarchy. They’re decolonizing themselves and their business from the cult of white colonial capitalism. They’re disrupting whiteness and deconstructing the white supremacist hierarchies. They’ve bought into the ideologies of climate change, rape culture, systemic racism and white violence, the oppression and trauma olympics, mansplaining and micro aggressions.
During the global lockdown their profile pic was a face covered by a mask alternating with the symbology of supporting whatever the current thing is. They have pronouns in their bio. They’re triple vaxxed and boosted. And they make sure to tell everyone they got their shots like a good little citizen of the world.
They’re mad. Really mad. And unhappy for a slew of reasons, but mostly they’re unhappy on principle. They’re here to unleash their rage monster in front of everyone and at every opportunity. No one is safe from their wrath and fury. They’re not above throwing tantrums or hissy fits to whine and complain about anything and everything. They have unhealed traumas and mother wounds they’re projecting on the the world. And they try to convince their followers that they have the same personal issues to unpack in therapy.
They’re strong, independent women. And they don’t need no man. Which is a good thing, because no self-respecting man wants them.
They’re living that SINK, single income no kids lifestyle. They’re climbing the corporate ladder and breaking glass ceilings so they can live in expensive apartments in big metropolitan cities. Alone with their cat.
They hate men, even if they’re married to one. Because men with masculine traits are toxic. So, they leave their husbands to be with a woman. If divorced, they sleep around or shack up with beta males to get their sexual needs met. Or, they’ve been lesbians for some if not all of the chapters of their life.
They hate children. Childless by choice, they abort their children. Because they don’t want to be a mother. And the world is over populated as it is. Or, if they do have children, they let the state raise them. They think of their sons as potential rapists and teach their daughters to be just like them. Alone, angry and unhappy feminists. Because misery loves company.
They hate themselves. They hate their whiteness. They hate their female bodies, reproductive organs and menstrual cycle. If a female body part or organ offends them or develops tumors, fibroids or cysts they have a surgeon cut them off or out. And good riddance!
They take up offenses for others. They provide content warnings for the chronically offended and easily triggered. They correct the people with “wrong” opinions and cancel the people with “wrong think”. They edit books with words or subject matter they deem insensitive or not woke enough.
They even withdraw the publication of their own book if the location, subject or themes of their fictional story offends anyone. As if delaying a novel’s release indefinitely will appease the mob. All stories set in Russia should be banned and all books about Russia should be burned. Because you don’t want to poke the bear but you also don’t want to feed the bear.
Maybe authors should poll the whole world every time they get an idea. Or, at least host some focus groups and get a diverse and inclusive segment of the population’s stamp of approval before coming up with a story and spending several years researching and writing their next book. Or, better yet, just give up doing or saying anything ever again. Because no matter what you do or don’t do, you’re never going to make everyone happy and no one upset.
I could list the AWFULs by name. But you know who they are. And so do they.
The irony is: the people who preach kindness, like being awful. In fact, they wouldn’t be any other way. They feel entitled to being awfully mean and awfully rude to people who disagree with them. Reminds me of the women who proudly wore shirts with the word “nasty” printed on them. Just awful!
Like the poor, the AWFULs will always be with us. But you can reduce their negative effect and limit their power in the world by unfriending them, unfollowing them on social media, unsubscribing from their email list and YouTube channels and not recommending or buying their products, services or books anymore.
Let them be awful. Just not to you!
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Pearls of Wisdom is a personal blog of the wisdom writings of Dara Eden that fall outside the realms of feng shui, The 8 Elements and her other personal energy work. Established in 2014, the blog is an expression of her highest values: Sovereignty, Truth, Wisdom & Inner Peace. It’s devoted to increasing awareness, expanding consciousness, bringing knowledge, sharing innerstandings and offering wisdom to the sovereign souls inhabiting the Earth.
Dara Eden is a writer and wisdom keepHER. The name, Dara, means “pearl of wisdom”. Pearls are formed when a microscopic irritant, like a grain of sand, embeds itself within the soft tissue of a shelled mollusk. To protect itself, the oyster or clam covers the invading gritty particle with concentric layers of iridescent crystalline calcium to form treasures, pearls of great beauty and worth. Gifts of the sea, pearls are the oldest known gem and the only gem that does not need to be cut, shaped or polished. Pearls are associated with elegance and luxury and are a symbol of mystery and purity. Pearls represent priceless knowledge, the rare wisdom that begins as a tiny, random, common irritant.
