An Either/Or Decision: Forcing Women Into a False Choice
“My friends who stay home full-time with their kids aren’t happy, but the women I know who work full-time and put their kids in daycare aren’t happy either. I don’t know what the right answer is.” That comment was made to me on Saturday night, as I sat in a pub drinking beer with a [...]
...read moreLinguistics And Meaning Of “Why Did She Stay?”
In response to Feministe: Why did she stay? which I commented on here there is a post Rambling On: Feminist language, where Lottie writes: My perspective, is that feminists typically blacklist questions that they don’t have answers to. Why do victims of domestic violence stay? There isn’t a nice, neat, blanket response to that. Domestic [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback – Getting Beyond U.S.-centric Feminism
A reader writes in: I’m a long time feminist who’s only recently got into action. I’ve been reading Feministe, Feministing, and a bunch of other blogs and activist sites… but so many of them are about American activism and action. I’m Canadian. I have basic health care, a system that probably under incarcerates, no threat [...]
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