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The Women Against Feminism[1][2] campaign began on Tumblr in July 2013, presumably in response to the "Who Needs Feminism" campaign.[3][4] According to the BBC, the original creator of the Women Against Feminism Tumblr page is an American woman. This woman has chosen to remain anonymous because of online harassment and backlash she has faced for her ideas. According to The Daily Dot, the campaign gathered steam in July and August 2014, when several prominent columnists and bloggers brought media attention to it.[5]

In an opinion piece for The New York Observer, Nina Burleigh, a critic of Women Against Feminism, wrote that she believes some posts on Tumblr were not submitted by women, but rather are sock puppets of men's rights activists. She points out that similar themes and content were also found on men's rights websites. Example Tumblr statements she cited include: "I don't need feminism because only the weak-minded buy into cults", and "because blaming men for your OWN insecurities and mistakes is WRONG & ABSURD." Nina Burleigh argues that the similarities between the statements found on the Women Against Feminism Tumblr page, and the ideas from anti-feminist websites signify that the arguments were actually made by the same people. She ends her argument by stating: “Everything about Women Against Feminism suggests it’s a sock puppet for the aggrieved misogynists and pedophiles of the anti-feminist men’s rights crowd”.

In an opinion piece for The Boston Globe, Cathy Young discusses the ideas of Women Against Feminism and the criticisms held against the group. Cathy Young argues that people believe women who support this group are against gender equality when in actuality, the opposite is true. She supports this claim with an analysis of posts on the hashtag, #WomenAgainstFeminism, by blogger "AstrokidNJ". This analysis determined that 46 percent of the posts were egalitarian in content, “19 percent endorsed men’s issues, and 12 percent criticized feminist intolerance toward dissent. Only 23 percent reflected traditionalist views such as support for distinct sex roles”.