This position holds that the Kardashians are not feminist. It argues that they pay only lip service to feminism to profit from it, that they promote products and unrealistic beauty standards harmful to women's self-image, and that they handle social movements insensitively.
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- The Kardashian family promotes products which are harmful to females' self-imageThe Kardashians promote products that make women feel ashamed of not fitting strict patriarchal beauty standards. For example, they promote appetite-suppressing products marketed to young vulnerable women.
- The Kardashians' approach to social movements often appear insensitive, making them seem out of touch with realityThe Kardashians cash in on feminism when it's convenient, but not important. Their presence and support in social movements often appears as reluctant and symbolic, rather than voluntary and realistic.
- Kardashians promote unrealistic expectations for beauty and sexualityThe Kardashians are not feminist because their "feminism" is centred around the monetisation of sexualised female bodies. The expectations they set are unrealistic and cause females undue stress and body-image issues.