I think part of what I mean to say is that publishing something implies consent to quote or cite it, whether someone is a feminist and whether it’s online or in a book. If the publication was somehow protected, not available to everyone without a password or something like that, then there’s an issue because the author of the paper is thereby making private communication public. Admittedly, I don’t know enough about the community to speak authoritatively, but as a researcher, I feel alright here
To me, it matters not so much from an academic perspective but in the larger context of how Women of Color who blog have to …