Feminism yay!

Aug. 13th, 2009 02:30 pm
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From an interview with Lauren Laverne in the Guardian:
Are you a feminist?

Yes, of course. I know why you're asking it, because people now say no. But how stupid do you have to be to say, "No, I believe in gender inequality"?

Exactly! I do not understand when women say that they are not feminists. Ladies, it just does not make sense!

Date: 2009-08-14 10:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tsukara.livejournal.com
Oh, of course it exists. And when I know I'm not going to be shouted down, or shunted aside by people who hold such stupid stereotypes, I am more than willing to claim the word feminist for myself. Or bringing it into a debate once the terms of what equality is, what I'm standing for, have been established, that goes a long way towards breaking down those stereotypes.

But simply going 'if you don't use the word feminist, you believe in gender inequality' seems a bit... well, a bit of an over-simplification. She seems like a very smart and clever woman, in the interview, but that one answer does make me pause a bit.

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