 I'm More Feminist Than You Are! Or Am I?, What does it mean to be a feminist? |
 Oct 29 2007, 06:18 PM
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Okay, I chose a slightly smart-ass title for a serious topic. Over the past few years, I have been learning a lot about what it might mean to be a feminist. However, there is no actual rule of what it means to be a feminist. There are feminists who think that you can be anti-choice. There are feminists that think that you can't be a stay-at-home wife/mother. There are feminists who think that you can't be a heterosexual. There are heterosexual feminists who are unwilling to address the issues faced by our lesbian, bi- and transgendered sisters. Can a man be a feminist?
Does the feminist movement need a platform that all feminists should support? Or does the diversity in our beliefs make us stronger? Can someone actually be a "good" or "bad" feminist? I would also like to talk about where you see the feminist movement going in the next few years/decades/etc. Thanks! ETA: Right after I completed this post, I realized that my grammer/spelling in the title was way off. I sent a report to the Lounge Lady or whoever, so I hope it can be fixed to "than you are!" not "that you are." Sorry for my ditziness. -------------------- In times of destruction, create something.
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kittenb I'm More Feminist Than You Are! Or Am I? Oct 29 2007, 06:18 PM
ananke For me it's believing and respecting women, in... Oct 29 2007, 06:26 PM laniethezany
kittenb, I'm sure this has probably been post... Oct 29 2007, 07:36 PM roseviolet Lanie beat me to it! :) I think that article p... Oct 29 2007, 08:05 PM kittenb
I really like that. Thanks.
But as you point ou... Oct 29 2007, 08:08 PM laniethezany
I took a Feminist Legal Theory class when I was i... Oct 29 2007, 08:21 PM faerietails2 I pretty much go by the dictionary term--which is ... Oct 29 2007, 09:33 PM pixiedust On the prolife=non feminist topic...I don't ag... Oct 30 2007, 07:48 AM nickclick while i certainly agree with the definition of fem... Oct 30 2007, 08:07 AM kittenb Sometimes I do think that it comes down to you are... Oct 30 2007, 08:34 AM laniethezany
See, I do believe that men can be feminists. I a... Oct 30 2007, 09:01 AM roseviolet Lanie, I completely agree that men can be feminist... Oct 30 2007, 09:29 AM nickclick okay, let's get old-school. is the personal p... Oct 30 2007, 10:05 AM
pixiedust okay, let's get old-school. is the personal p... Oct 30 2007, 10:22 AM kittenb I don't have to be a member of a racial minori... Oct 30 2007, 10:08 AM girlygirlgag \ but I don't know if in their hearts the... Oct 30 2007, 11:15 AM roseviolet NickClick nailed it - you don't have to have ... Oct 30 2007, 10:32 AM designermedusa I agree that men can be feminists, and Rose I agre... Oct 30 2007, 11:19 AM faerietails2 When you all think of "pro-life," are yo... Oct 30 2007, 03:45 PM pixiedust Great post faierietales! I think you nailed h... Oct 30 2007, 10:15 PM nickclick Great post faierietales! I think you nailed h... Oct 31 2007, 08:25 AM laniethezany
To me, part of being pro-choice means working to ... Oct 30 2007, 10:28 PM laniethezany
I agree nickclick - there is a Grand Canyon of di... Oct 31 2007, 08:41 AM roseviolet Yet again, Lanie and NickClick have nailed it. :)
... Oct 31 2007, 11:38 AM erinjane We're having this semi-issue at my university ... Nov 1 2007, 02:14 PM prophecy_grrl thanks for starting this thread kitten - I sometim... Nov 1 2007, 04:25 PM kittenb You all are so smart. I am so glad that I started ... Nov 2 2007, 06:39 AM nickclick kitten, you're smart!
i did a minimal goo... Nov 2 2007, 07:26 AM faerietails2 i'm pretty sure i've heard hillary identif... Nov 2 2007, 11:22 AM laniethezany
Anyone who thinks that just by virtue of being fe... Nov 2 2007, 12:32 PM nickclick lanie, that site is totally nuts. of course god i... Nov 2 2007, 12:53 PM erinjane I'm glad I'm not the only one. I just hat... Nov 2 2007, 02:23 PM grenadine delurking to say that, speaking of feminist choice... Nov 17 2007, 12:33 PM dj-bizmonkey i like that the response ended on the notion of ch... Nov 18 2007, 01:06 PM roseviolet Grandine, you should post that in the old "Sh... Nov 18 2007, 01:25 PM neurotic.nelly Well, here I am...I have been posting all over bus... Dec 4 2007, 01:08 AM neurotic.nelly I think this is an interesting paragraph from Dani... Dec 8 2007, 12:45 AM neurotic.nelly I think that a feminist should stand equal to men ... Dec 17 2007, 09:33 AM kittenb It's funny that you write this. The other day ... Dec 20 2007, 08:52 AM neurotic.nelly It's funny that you write this. The other day ... Dec 21 2007, 01:08 AM kittenb I feel like I am loosing the respect of some of my... May 7 2008, 04:58 PM anarch I know that the vast majority of men are not rapis... May 7 2008, 06:02 PM neurotic.nelly kittenb,
your post made me think about something ... May 7 2008, 06:23 PM girltrouble personally i don't have a problem with the gt... Jul 11 2008, 12:22 AM kittenb GT - First I have to say that your new icon is mes... Jul 11 2008, 06:52 AM girltrouble and you have every right to make that choice, but ... Jul 11 2008, 07:47 AM neurotic.nelly double p Jul 11 2008, 07:57 AM neurotic.nelly GT, I have never actually played the new GTA. I d... Jul 11 2008, 07:58 AM neurotic.nelly okay, i responded to kittenb's first post abou... Jul 11 2008, 08:23 AM knorl05 GTA 4, women being raped and hookers being killed.... Jul 11 2008, 08:58 AM girltrouble it just kills me that people can label something h... Jul 11 2008, 10:13 AM knorl05 a video game marketed to kids that kills and rapes... Jul 11 2008, 10:17 PM girltrouble i'm fine to disagree if your facts are straigh... Jul 12 2008, 08:44 AM knorl05 sorry dear, i really dont care that much. video ga... Jul 12 2008, 02:39 PM neurotic.nelly hey, sorry that was me that wrote that women were ... Jul 12 2008, 03:36 PM girltrouble lol. you're funny, knorl.
hmmm, you've g... Jul 12 2008, 07:28 PM starship Someone's internet 'power' has gone to... Jul 13 2008, 09:50 AM girltrouble hey starship, you want some too?
heh. this could... Jul 13 2008, 09:56 AM kittenb
Actually, one of the reasons I started this thre... Jul 13 2008, 12:04 PM Moonpieluv not that I know much about games, but Mr. Luv does... Jul 13 2008, 12:29 PM starship hey starship, you want some too?
heh. this could... Jul 13 2008, 03:15 PM girltrouble
hee hee. you wanna know what's really hilario... Jul 13 2008, 05:11 PM Moonpieluv uh.. safe to say that y'all should take it out... Jul 13 2008, 05:31 PM knorl05 girltrouble: i think it's odd out of 30 years ... Jul 13 2008, 06:17 PM auralpoison Technically, if you're using the "street... Jul 13 2008, 06:37 PM knorl05 right on ap. ty for the correction. wack she is.
... Jul 13 2008, 06:42 PM girltrouble *snickers*
if there is one thing i can tell you, ... Jul 14 2008, 12:29 AM knorl05 gt: i knew that's what ap was doing.. i was ig... Jul 14 2008, 01:02 AM girltrouble uh huh. seems you're the only one having a pr... Jul 14 2008, 01:08 AM knorl05 nice edit. Jul 14 2008, 05:10 AM girltrouble glad you like it.
i could always change it back to... Jul 14 2008, 07:45 AM starship Can't be assed reading your reply properly bec... Jul 14 2008, 09:55 AM kittenb uh.. safe to say that y'all should take it out... Jul 14 2008, 10:13 AM LoveMyPugs not that I know much about games, but Mr. Luv does... Jul 14 2008, 11:05 AM auralpoison I was taking the piss because it's funny as fu... Jul 14 2008, 12:44 PM girltrouble wait starpiss? you didn't call me a twat? oh p... Jul 14 2008, 04:53 PM knorl05 funny how some busties think they can assess a per... Jul 14 2008, 11:39 PM faerietails *delurks*
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Any... Jul 15 2008, 02:10 AM neurotic.nelly I don't think those terms oppose each other. ... Jul 15 2008, 09:04 AM kittenb I used to think that womanist was a copout from sa... Jul 15 2008, 10:53 AM auralpoison See, I don't see feminism so much as a "w... Jul 15 2008, 12:35 PM girltrouble if you've been around long enough you've h... Jul 15 2008, 01:37 PM neurotic.nelly here's the definition of womanist as defined b... Jul 15 2008, 02:06 PM girltrouble *sigh* i heart busties.... Jul 15 2008, 02:34 PM auralpoison See, it's funny. I've been spending a lot... Jul 15 2008, 03:04 PM girltrouble i'm of two minds in cases like that. does it m... Jul 15 2008, 05:59 PM sybarite I prefer and use the term feminism because of its ... Jul 16 2008, 06:26 AM geekchickknits I as well am on the feminism train for many reason... Jul 16 2008, 11:30 AM neurotic.nelly Sex and the City - a feminist show! "Ha... Jul 16 2008, 12:03 PM auralpoison From the Guardian: Can a Feminist Really Love Sex ... Jul 16 2008, 12:28 PM culturehandy You know I'mso sick of people saying that as a... Jul 16 2008, 12:39 PM auralpoison It kind of reminds me of the Men We Love Issue wit... Jul 16 2008, 12:50 PM sybarite I don't mean to be prescriptive about Sex in t... Jul 16 2008, 01:07 PM geekchickknits My biggest problem was with how they 'punished... Jul 16 2008, 08:07 PM culturehandy Syb, I totally didn't mean that towards you at... Jul 16 2008, 01:14 PM girltrouble i was gonna do a post on the last few comments on ... Jul 16 2008, 09:27 PM candycane_girl I'm a big fan of Sex and the City. It came on ... Jul 16 2008, 11:11 PM neurotic.nelly Hmmm... there's plenty of men that are unable ... Jul 16 2008, 11:37 PM culturehandy I never veiwed Samantha getting breast cancer as p... Jul 17 2008, 06:36 AM sybarite GT, disease=punishment for transgressive behaviour... Jul 17 2008, 08:07 AM  |
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