The F-Word
| Recently, there's been a surge (and by surge I mean, small increase) in news articles covering the fate and future of the F-word (feminism). Rebecca Traister's recent article in Salon, asks whether the f-word should be retired or reclaimed and the ladies of Le Tigre, currently on tour with Beck, were interviewed regarding their views on the word feminism. While I don't necessarily understand where this newfound interest stems from or where it will go, I like the fact that the investigations rely primarily on younger feminist voices to articulate the current feelings--both uneasy and defiant--towards the word feminism and the larger movement(s). |
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Comments on "The F-Word"
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Matthew McKibben said ... (8/7/05 3:52 PM) :
post a commentHmmm...I'm on the fence about this. I mean, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter to me because the cause more or less remains the same.
BUT...
I get kinda sick of every single "liberal" group changing what they/we want to be labelled. I think we should just pick something and stick with it.
While I understand the point that we're trying to get with being called humanists, I think that there are issues that are so genderized (is that even a word) that placing a label like "humanism" on it would lessen the importance it has in regards to that gender.
I'm not making any sense. More to come later.