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On Wednesday, The Nation published "Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars," a reported piece by Michelle Goldberg about the divide between some women of color feminists and "mainstream" feminists. These two intersecting and not-easily-defined groups debate issues of gender and race privilege in real time on Twitter, and after Goldberg's piece went live, their world blew up. Again. If you aren't glued to TweetDeck, it's almost impossible to keep up with the constantly streaming arguments. Some have argued that the infighting detracts from feminism's ultimate goal of gender equality. The Awl's Choire Sicha joked:

you guys we could probably get the night back from them while the feminists are all mad at each other today — Choire (@Choire) January 29, 2014

But many women think that there are real issues between WOC feminists and Sheryl Sandberg-types that need to be worked out. Goldberg attempted to address the privilege white feminists enjoy in academic and popular spheres, and she quoted many WOC. One quote, in particular, landed with a thud:

I actually think there’s a subset of black women who really do get off on white women being prostrate. It’s about feeling disempowered and always feeling at the mercy of white authority, and wanting to feel like for once the things you’re saying are being given credibility and authority. And to have white folks do that is powerful, particularly in a world where white women often deploy power against black women in ways that are really problematic.

The quote comes from Brittney Cooper, an assistant professor at Rutgers and co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective blog. She's a WOC feminist who acknowledged that no feminist is perfect, and that there is hurt on both sides. So who are these women, and what are they really fighting about? Here's our incomplete guide to feminist infighting:

Michelle Goldberg (@michelleinbklyn)

She's a senior contributing writer for The Nation who's produced controversial gems like "Sympathy for Justine Sacco" and "The Absurd Backlash Against Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In." She thinks online feminism is "toxic" and is certainly critical of Hood Feminism editor Mikki Kendall, whom she quotes in the piece. Goldberg writes, "the expectation that feminists should always be ready to berate themselves for even the most minor transgressions ... creates an environment of perpetual psychodrama, particularly when coupled with the refusal to ever question the expression of an oppressed person’s anger." She contends that WOC feminists can be bullies, too, especially on Twitter.