The popular feminist website Betches has urged people to skip Thanksgiving dinner with relatives who support President-elect Donald Trump.
Betches boasts of having a reach of 250 million people across their social media platforms.
On the website, Betches is described as creating “content that empowers women to say WTF is actually on their minds. We’ve cultivated a loyal audience who comes to us for witty commentary, sage advice, and brutal honesty. We’re the drunk BFF you meet in a dive bar bathroom who will fix your hair, hype you up, and make sure you never text your shitty ex.”
On Thanksgiving Eve, the website published an op-ed titled “You Don’t Need To Make Nice With Your Trump-Supporting Family Members.”
“It has been a long, bruising, and terrible election season, and with Thanksgiving and the winter holidays right behind it, there is a temptation to set it all aside and find ways to reach commonalities with our families and loved ones. There will be guides to avoid conflict, minimize difficult discussions, and embrace each other across political divides and cranberry sauce,” the article begins. “This is not one of them.”
The feminist author continued, “It is frankly absurd to pretend that