tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457159793914321790.post8789702650020941901..comments2023-08-03T03:54:10.853-07:00Comments on Art for Doe: Femme FataleLauren T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18348657988610262223noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457159793914321790.post-18169370593265022942010-06-18T00:53:31.135-07:002010-06-18T00:53:31.135-07:00okay i get long winded when it comes to feminism, ...okay i get long winded when it comes to feminism, probably because i've spent so many hours defending my views in the high school commons haha. but here it goes...<br /><br />when i first became aware that feminism is a real thing that people care about in the 21st century, i had a really similar feeling toward it as i think you're expressing here, like yeah that sounds fine but i don't see what's left for me to shout about. cause i didn't feel like i'd ever encountered discrimination because of my gender. but i started doing more research and talking to more people and after months of what felt like my brain getting shoved around like mashed potatoes, my perspective had totally totally changed. i guess i've come upon what i believe to be only the tip of the iceberg of just how much there is left to be shouting about. there are things that are conspicuously related to feminism, like the fight for reproductive rights (which is much further from being over than i had assumed), but there's also the simple fact of a sexism that is far more pervasive than i'd realized; from the subtlest jokes to the existence of rape culture, the sexism is completely ingrained into our still intensely patriarchal society--which is probably why most people still don't necessarily see it as such. and since i am privileged in basically every way possible, that's the part of feminism that finally got through, that resonated with me. and that opened the door to all the things that WE should be shouting about, especially ones that might not directly affect ME.<br /><br />i've spent more hours on the internet reading up on this subject than i'd like to admit, but this is an article i've been passing along to my male and female friends alike because it resonated with me so intensely. this article probably convinced me that i was allowed to call myself a feminist because i finally figured out how this shit affects me on a day-to-day basis. check it out if you're interested:<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/aug/25/feminism-relationships-sexism-womenlizzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457159793914321790.post-50885813330300433662010-06-16T09:33:07.902-07:002010-06-16T09:33:07.902-07:00Oh mama mamaOh mama mamaLauren T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18348657988610262223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3457159793914321790.post-52337429864610047162010-06-16T09:14:55.293-07:002010-06-16T09:14:55.293-07:00your mother is hot hahayour mother is hot hahaScalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13213446351111391218noreply@blogger.com