I think that unfortunately, Kim is taking one flippant sentence out of context.

Kim, while you make very valid points, I feel that you may have mis-read Magdalena’s intentions with the piece. I didn’t see any evidence of her “ripping another woman apart” at all. Rather, she presented an overview of the criticisms against Fey, and presented her own point of view and the change in her own opinion. I didn’t see anywhere that she called Fey “not feminist enough.”

You say, “I think there’s a difference between critiquing people and throwing down a huge amount of judgement.” I agree. When I said that people have the right to criticize anyone, I was talking about the kind of critique that we do here at About-Face. I do think that no person or topic is off-limits for thoughtful analysis, and I think that analysis is important. I hope the wording of that doesn’t put you off About-Face forever.

Also, “Tina Fey portrays single women in an offensive way”?! I’m a 20-year-old life-long single girl and I’m proud to call both Liz Lemon and Tina Fey my heros. How are single women portrayed negatively in 30 Rock? Liz stays true to herself during the chaos that is her hopeless dating life. She doesn’t complain that she’s not fancy or sexy enough for the men available, and she puts her career in front of everything, including romantic relationships. She broke up with Dennis because he was an idiot (a “rat king”), she chose her career over Floyd, Dr. Baird was also an idiot and lived in a “bubble,” she refused to settle for Wesley the Brit, airline pilot Carol (yes, named after Carol Burnett) was too similar to her (a “double-edged sword”), and her relationship with Criss is currently working out. She refuses to settle no matter how quickly her biological clock is ticking. More people should model Liz Lemon’s behavior since she ultimately puts her dream career above casual relationships.

To complain about Liz Lemon’s (or Tina Fey’s) imperfections and to demand more respectable female characters represents an inability to accept the absurdities of daily life and an inability to laugh at one’s self. Just take a deep breath and laugh at the wonderfully crafted comedy Tina Fey brings us every Thursday.

Why does Tina Fey have to live up to your expectations as to what a feminist looks like? If you are a “better” feminist than she, why aren’t you out there producing your own TV show that lives up to your standards? Why aren’t you doing “more” than writing a blog?

Maybe the reason people don’t want to identify as feminists is because of this holier-than-thou attitude. I do call myself a feminist because I truly believe in the beauty and power of femininity. I truly think it’s time for women to once again make the important decisions in the world. (That’s one of the major reasons I voted for Hillary Clinton, while every single one of my “feminist” friends voted for Obama and stood idly by as the democratic party threw Clinton under the bus at every opportunity). However, I can’t stand when people who don’t seem to live in the real world – not mine, at least – judge everyone else for not doing “enough”. I think there’s a difference between critiquing people and throwing down a huge amount of judgement. If women stuck together, I think we could repair this world. Instead, you’re ripping another woman apart because she doesn’t meet your expectations. This is exactly what the writers on this blog are constantly harping on, yet you’re doing it yourself. What is the difference between a blog calling someone fat and you calling someone “not feminist enough”? Nothing that I can see, though I may not have paid enough attention in Feminist Theory.