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History of Feminism

seabeyond

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4. i think you just grow up. this...

Reply to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Thu Sep 18, 2014, 11:36 AM

Sep 2014

But this “girl power” feminism always felt hollow to me. It was only when I began to think about how gender influenced our everyday experiences, and saw things I had thought were personal to me put into political context, that feminism suddenly became relevant and interesting. I wasn’t drawn to feminism because people had told me it was cool; I was drawn to it because it helped me make sense of my life.

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Laurie Penny’s In-Your-Face Feminism [View all] ismnotwasm Sep 2014 OP

LOL @ The Truth in This Sentence = Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #1

Hope it will hit here soon. The HOF is really onto something big! n/t freshwest Sep 2014 #2

refusing to accept the roles that have been laid out for you. seabeyond Sep 2014 #3

i think you just grow up. this... seabeyond Sep 2014 #4