A poster at Ilyka’s Blog Against Strawfeminism Week asks:
The one thing I’ve noticed missing from this entire series of (interesting and thoughtful) posts is… a definition of what feminism is. Pointing out straw feminists (and straw definitions of feminism) is good and proper, but I’m left wondering exactly what we (you) mean when you speak of feminism that is not straw-feminism…
Since, as you’ve noted, feminism is the subject of so many varying and contradictory usages, maybe the best thing we could to to prevent straw-feminism is to define what the heck feminism Really Is?
I know a bazillion of us feminists have already blogged about what feminism is to each of us. Pop on over and lend a link.
Lauren this isn’t related to your post, and there’s a good chance you’ve already seen it, but it might make sense to have Ethan watch it.
Oops, there was supposed to be a link but it didn’t show up.
A person who believes that women are just as equal and capable as man.
See I am not a feminist, I don’;t think women should atoop so low.
;-)
How strange…in my Ethics class last night the facilitator asked if there were any feminists in the room….I was the only person to raise my hand out of 17, 7 of which were women. Then this woman next to me leans over and says ‘so, you’re a feminissst. What is feminism, exactly?’ I really couldn’t formulate much of an answer as the lecture was still going on. How serendipitous.