Lots to talk about here. If you have a few minutes today, I encourage you to read and join in this discussion.
For the past months, I have participated in several Feminist Friday discussions about a wide range of topics, witha fewotherbloggers. Last week, the focus was on the Feminist label itself. As I commented, I think that the label is still needed and I have called myself a feminist for many years, no matter how many times I have to explain again and clarify that I am not a man hater or assorted negative clichés. (I am not saying that some people calling themselves feminists haven’t gone to such extremes, but that is a problem with many labels. Negative branches of a label can easily taint the whole tree, but it doesn’t mean the other branches have to change using said label).
Earlier this week, I came across a Tumblr post (which I reblogged) that featured pictures and shared a link to the following article: Disturbing…
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I’m so glad I found this post. I’ve been feeling lately like we need the word more than ever. As a young woman in the ’80s women had a very broad range of choices and role models. Now it seems that women are pigeonholed and challenged to live according to their own choices far more
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Thanks for letting us know. We do these as discussion posts on most Fridays. They’re usually at Part Time Monster, but sometimes other bloggers host them, and when they’re hosted elsewhere, I usually reblog them first thing.
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Really good to share.
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