--- title: Feminists Are Taking Back the Sexist Hashtag #HowToSpotAFeminist description: Feminists on Twitter are reclaiming the sexist hashtag #HowToSpotAFeminist after a conservative radio show host created it to mock them canonical: https://time.com/3848097/feminism-howtospotafeminist-feminist-twitter/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-06T03:53:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:19:28.304Z og:title: Feminists Take Back the Sexist Hashtag #HowToSpotAFeminist og:description: Don't mess with the Internet. og:url: https://time.com/3848097/feminism-howtospotafeminist-feminist-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8abbf19fac2c691/6987ee873c16396b07455e03/feminism-hashtag-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=702&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 702 og:image:height: 395 og:image:alt: Female hand raises clenched fist of solidarity, others in background og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Feminists Take Back the Sexist Hashtag #HowToSpotAFeminist twitter:description: Don't mess with the Internet. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8abbf19fac2c691/6987ee873c16396b07455e03/feminism-hashtag-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=702&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Feminists Are Reclaiming the Sexist Hashtag #HowToSpotAFeminist and It's Glorious by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan May 6, 2015 3:53 AM UTC  Female hand raises clenched fist of solidarity, others in background Female hand raises clenched fist of solidarity, others in backgroundDon Bayley—Getty Images by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan May 6, 2015 3:53 AM UTC 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. > [](https://twitter.com/DocThompsonShow/status/595008567729659904) > [](https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/595604475013914627) > [](https://twitter.com/Wolfram66/status/595015161141792768) > [](https://twitter.com/DuncanWhitehead/status/595559258848006144) 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. > [](https://twitter.com/BiancaJagger/status/595747179123372032) > [](https://twitter.com/KPYRAK/status/595781011616702464) > [](https://twitter.com/JamesChatsTV/status/595752738782375936) > [](https://twitter.com/howdyitskitty/status/595623726286295041) > [](https://twitter.com/SabaaSharma/status/595738230496038913) > [](https://twitter.com/amandajhelling/status/595783740971945984) > [](https://twitter.com/rhysjamesy/status/595695652681752576) Way to take back the Internet, feminists! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3848097/feminism-howtospotafeminist-feminist-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3848097/feminism-howtospotafeminist-feminist-twitter/"},"headline":"Feminists Are Reclaiming the Sexist Hashtag #HowToSpotAFeminist and It's Glorious","datePublished":"2015-05-06T03:53:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:28.304Z","description":"Don't mess with the Internet","url":"https://time.com/3848097/feminism-howtospotafeminist-feminist-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","feminism","viral","twitter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8abbf19fac2c691/6987ee873c16396b07455e03/feminism-hashtag-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8abbf19fac2c691/6987ee873c16396b07455e03/feminism-hashtag-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Female hand raises clenched fist of solidarity, others in background","caption":"Female hand raises clenched fist of solidarity, others in background","creditText":"Don Bayley—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3848097/feminism-howtospotafeminist-feminist-twitter/","name":"Feminists Are Reclaiming the Sexist Hashtag #HowToSpotAFeminist and It's Glorious"}}]}] ```