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What does it matter? He's an asshole any way you look at it.
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We could all be so happy... if only the courts would allow me within 500 feet of them...
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What are you, 5?
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Enlighten yourself before you puke or at the very least always remember your experiences are not universal.
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@Ms Meghan: Best not visit below the Mason-Dixon, honey, or you'll never keep a meal down.
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I call my parents Mom and Dad, but I'd like it if my kids called me Momma. I've been out of the South too long!
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The only time I ever refer to my parents as just "dad/papi" or "mom/mami" is when I'm in conversation with my 3 siblings or the other parent. Even if I were to refer to my dad as "papi" in regular conversation with others, I would still say "my papi." It would seem discourteous not to.
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@Hana Maru: Of course I have pet names for my partner that I don't use when talking about him to other people. I wasn't talking about pet names, but about name-names. What we call our parents are equivalent to their names in our brains, so why would we use one name to family and another name to non-family?
[Although as I'm typing that, I realize that in some cultures (my partner's, for one) people do have family names apart from their given names. :)]
I just meant that in my mom's brain, her father is "Daddy." Why would she switch to "Dad" when talking to other people? It seems like wasted mental energy.
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And I thought Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears are roughly the same age and have been tabloid fodder for approximately the same length of time. I guess my troubled starlet chronology is off.
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Now, if an 8th grader said that to me...
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'She is appalled by those who have forgotten what her generation, and her mother's generation, encountered. "very annoyingly, you get women nowadays who are educated and have got on in their professions, saying, 'Oh, but I'm not a feminist.'" Anger suffuses her face, an intensity almost indecent. "The only reason they can say that is that they're standing on the shoulders of their mothers, who fought these battles, I think for a woman to say 'I'm not a feminist' is [like] a lamb joining the slaughterer's guild. It's just empty-headed and stupid."
Perhaps they're trying to distance themselves from a particular caricature of feminism?
"Yeah. Well, they need to inform themselves. Women now take a great deal for granted, but of course the fact is that only a part of the feminist agenda has ever been worked through."'
[www.guardian.co.uk]
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(note--I'm friends with the awesome couple in photo #9).
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If you think women who do the same job as men should get the same pay - you just may be a feminist.
If you think women should have the same opportunities for personal and professional advancement as men, if you think rape and violence against women is wrong and should be dealt with harshly by law enforcement, if you want affordable child care and profamily work places....
Well, dang it, y'all are feminists!
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rant over.
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Judi Dench is not a feminist!
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Precisely! My question is: what is the huge crime of Feminism? If you think about religion many people see themselves as Christians or whatever denomination and we don't jump into conclusions about the horrible crimes commited in the name of religion.
I know the comparison is not quite fair, but it's odd, don't you think? For so many women not to want to be associated with the word.
What is it with Feminism?
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I'm hoping Dam Judi either misunderstood the question...or meant something different in context.
Unfortunately, though, a lot of people who have been successful who are part of a typically marginalized group, often don't see it as much of a concern because their personal experience doesn't have much to do with it. I can't think she didn't experience sexism, ever, in her career, though.
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I know I'm preaching to the choir, but it's important to hammer the message that Feminism is still important and young women (especially) should be taught the value of what other women in previous generations have fought so hard for.
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Doesn't make me any less interested or involved in women's issues around the world. I'll venture a guess that I probably do more than most people that wear the label on their foreheads.
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I find it exceedingly unfortunate that modern feminism has alienated woc's so much, considering how little we resemble early feminists. Our concerns are so different today, that the philosophy's goals have shifted. But sometimes it's very clear it hasn't shifted enough. You can't claim you want equality for all women if you prioritize one group of women's concerns based on skin color. White privilege is an insidious mess.
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