An intersectionality fight broke out on Thursday night when vocal Trump-hating actress Bette Midler lost her mind over the likely confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, posting that women are the “n-words of the world.”
“Women, are the n-word of the world,” wrote Midler in a now-deleted tweet. “Raped, beaten, enslaved, married off, worked like dumb animals; denied education and inheritance; enduring the pain and danger of childbirth and life IN SILENCE for THOUSANDS of years[.] They are the most disrespected creatures on earth.”
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When doubling-down on the sentiment of the tweet, Midler claimed she was quoting Yoko Ono.
“I gather I have offended many by my last tweet. ‘Women are the…etc’ is a quote from Yoko Ono from 1972, which I never forgot,” she wrote in another now-deleted tweet. “It rang true then, and it rings true today, whether you like it or not. This is not about race, this is about the status of women; THEIR HISTORY.”
Midler was swarmed with criticism until she eventually tapped out in submission and offered an apology. Here are some of those angry messages directed at the lefty actress (h/t Huffington Post):
The apology came later that night, and a declaration of allyship was naturally included.
“The too brief investigation of allegations against Kavanaugh infuriated me. Angrily I tweeted [without] thinking my choice of words would be enraging to black women who doubly suffer, both by being women and by being black,” Midler said. “I am an ally and stand with you; always have. And I apologize.”
Kavanugh will likely be confirmed on Saturday, but hopefully we get a few more intersectionality fights before the bell rings.