And like anything women do, this confessional #writing style was much-maligned at the time. Sometimes for good reason. Often the #feminism it purported to be really just encouraged women to make themselves likeable to men--to drink and swear and fuck like men while still being approachable to men by appearing feminine and conventionally attractive. The perspectives of these writings was overwhelmingly white, straight, and cis. But at the same time, I think this writing connected women in important ways. It helped us know we weren't alone. It helped us talk about difficult issues, like the #sexism we face. Without these online discussions and spaces, I don't know if we would have had the #SlutWalks of the early 2010s, which seemed to lay some groundwork for the #MeToo movement of 2018. Movements shift. Sometimes they seem to go dormant. Sometimes they explode. But they don't disappear.