Feminists Are Taking Back the Sexist Hashtag #HowToSpotAFeminist

May 5, 2015 11:53 PM EDT

Ever wondered how to spot a feminist? Well, have a look on Twitter because users are warring over the sexist hashtag #HowToSpotAFeminist.

Created by conservative radio host Doc Thompson for his show The Morning Blaze, the tweet, intended to mock feminists, garnered a whole manner of replies that unsurprisingly relied on hackneyed stereotypes portraying feminists as fat, ugly man-haters with too much facial hair.

Any tips on #HowToSpotAFeminist???

We'll discuss tomorrow http://t.co/MlSI2zGap3 #WhatILearnedToday
— The Daily Mojo (@RealDailyMojo) May 3, 2015

#HowToSpotAFeminist - Usually fat & ugly, always inherently unlikeable, supremely hypocritical, snarky, annoying, deluded, intransigent.
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) May 5, 2015

@DocThompsonShow #HowToSpotAFeminist Clove Cigarettes Patchouli and body hair that would embarrass Chewbacca
— ~WOLFRAM (@Wolfram66) May 4, 2015

Then, in a glorious way, things got turned around. Feminists took to Twitter to show that a feminist can be any and every woman (and man). Some made poignant statements about feminism being about equality between the sexes, about equal pay and breaking down stereotypes, while others were just hilariously sarcastic.

If you look, you will find us, we are everywhere #HowToSpotAFeminist https://t.co/OEfnX1jSbD
— Bianca Jagger Nicaraguense por gracia de Dios 🇳🇮 (@BiancaJagger) May 6, 2015

The definition "the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men." #HowToSpotAFeminist
— KARIN PYRAK (@KPYRAK) May 6, 2015

#HowToSpotAFeminist: Look for the kind, opened minded individual who sees the importance of gender equality... aren't they just the worst?
— JamesChats (@JamesChatsTV) May 6, 2015

@DocThompsonShow Feminists are people who believe in equal rights between men and women. Get a Dictionary. #HowToSpotAFeminist
— Sabaa Sharma (@SabaaSharma) May 5, 2015

#HowToSpotAFeminist A feminist doesn't need spotting. She can lift weights on her own thank you very much. Or he.
— Rhys James (@rhysjamesy) May 5, 2015

Way to take back the Internet, feminists!

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