Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders ruffled some feminist feathers when they learned he would be speaking at this month’s upcoming Women’s Convention in Detroit, as reported by CNN.
The Women’s Convention and Outrage over Sanders
The self professed goal of the women’s convention is to “have participants leave inspired and motivated, with new connections, skills and strategies for working towards collective liberation for women of all races, ethnicities, ages, abilities, sexual identities, gender expressions, immigration statuses, religious faiths, and economic statuses.”
Senator Sanders has chosen to brand himself as an advocate for equality, fairness, and women’s right. However, this wasn’t enough for feminists. They expressed their outrage in tweets like the following:
