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Friday, September 29, 2006 12:00 AM

Feminists just want to have fun

Or do they?

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  • Friday, September 29, 2006 06:36 PM

    enough

    Broadsheet... don't point out the catfighting between feminists... this is not a highlight... it IS okay to be a girl.. You should be free to be whatever the hell you want to be.. I have a friend who gets this a lot... pretty blonde hair blue eyes... smart as a whip.. but the first thing other girls thing when they see her... If we stereotype ourselves (girly girls can't have feminist values... pretty girls can't be smart) then why wouldn't men? I like pink and I like shoes... I also like equal pay and women's equality and freedom from oppression throughout the world... this is a stupid argument and it makes me not want to read "patriarchy" anymore.. they seem to be wanting to do to feminists what snake handling churches do to christianity... scare the rest of the world away... being feminst doesn't make you human.... a publication can support feminist values and still discuss everyday things.. or are we not supposed to style our hair or buy dildos until all women everywhere are free? while we fight... life goes on... and maybe they

    re just trying to recognize that.. reading a motherhood magazine that covers other life topics doesn't make you a bad mother, right?

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