Armchair feminists are like armchair anything; they sit around and talk about something they know little about and try to sound like experts. The fact that they know so little and are doing nothing proves the point.
I think I said the RECENCT hipster movement. If not, that is what I mean.
Maybe it's just the hipsters in my city. I realize that even trendy groups can be different, depending on the city and such. Hipsters aren't really all about fashion, they also cling to a lot of "ideas" in a fashionable and shallow way (like recycling or buying all organic food). Feminism seems to be one of them.
Hmm... maybe they are just riding the coattails of feminism in their ongoing critique of the universe. Since they are trendy, it would kind of bring feminism more into view, does that make sense? But they really have nothing directly to do with it. That seems to make sense.
I really don't know any history regarding popular social culture to put them into a context.