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mercuryblues

(15,290 posts)
6. my definition of
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 12:27 PM
Mar 2014

the lowest common denominator.

I am tired of playing the role of the Approachable Feminist - the woman expected to hold the hand of all those people who still, in the year 2014, claim not to understand what it is that causes women's oppression; who demand to be convinced even of its existence and who then, when you cite fact after statistic after anecdotal report after reality, still use diversions and hypotheticals to try to prove you wrong.

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Don't get even, ladies - get mad [View all] ismnotwasm Mar 2014 OP
Tsk tsk! Don't you know anger is unbecoming in a woman? malthaussen Mar 2014 #1
Ick ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #2
Watch your "tone," ladies. Don't be "shrill." Or you aren't a "real feminist." BainsBane Mar 2014 #3
Heh! ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #4
Did I steal that from you? BainsBane Mar 2014 #5
my definition of mercuryblues Mar 2014 #6
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