Editor’s Note:

TIME apologizes for the execution of this poll; the word ‘feminist’ should not have been included in a list of words to ban. While we meant to invite debate about some ways the word was used this year, that nuance was lost, and we regret that its inclusion has become a distraction from the important debate over equality and justice.

–Nancy Gibbs

Fuck you very much, Nancy Gibbs.

I woke up to this and I was immediately angry. Cuz while the debate on the ways the word feminist was used this year could be about the ways MRA’s mischaracterize feminism as personally attacking men, or about the whole “I don’t need feminism” movement that a bunch of women who clearly don’t understand what feminism is still actively doing for them launched, it’s not.

It’s about celebrities, people little girls and teenage women look up to, declaring themselves feminists and daring to call the world out on treating them like shit.

It’s about Beyonce standing in front of a flashing LED screen that screams FEMINIST.

It’s about Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Ellen Page, and Taylor Swift saying they’re feminists and being mocked for it.

It’s about Emma Watson discussing feminism and being threatened with leaked nudes, and all of us were surprised to discover that it wasn’t a real threat but a publicity stunt, because this sort of shit happens to women all the time.

It’s about Beyonce, Miley, Nicki, Ellen, Taylor, and Emma being mocked, and it’s about Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Patrick Stewart, and Joss Whedon calling themselves feminists and being praised.

Fuck you, Time Magazine. I see what you did there, and you can go fuck yourselves with every last bit of faux-apology chick-criticism that you have to fuck yourselves with.