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    Jack_Burton: Water is a simple thing, no? Let's consider the metaphor of society as a river, with many smaller rivers feeding it, making it whole: If "you can't st... more »
    prettypithy: "many of us can support LGBT rights without being L, G, B or T, or the struggle of women of color while being practically colorless" Not to be too pic... more »
    hypnotic: is that MELBA MOORE!!!!!???? more »
    annewithaneee: Thank goodness that I don't have to worry anymore if I'm a good feminist or a bad one. I didn't take womens' studies in college and I haven't marched ... more »
    MockMyWorld: I'm OK with there being multiple versions of feminism that sometimes contradict one another in the small things. But I trust that we will continue to ... more »
    PilgrimSoul: What bugs me about Courtney's article is that it feels like it sidesteps the difficult question here, which is: why is the result always that white fe... more »
    drinkyrose: I'm LOVING this conversation. I've always felt that Jezebel commenting is a modern-day version of the consciousness-raising groups of the 1970s. more »
    tscheese: FEMINISM HAS TWELVE SPINDLY MULTI-JOINTED LEGS, THE BODY OF A DIK-DIK, AND THE HEAD OF A HOWLER MONKEY WITH TWELVE EYES, WRAPPED IN A DOUBLE HEXAGONAL... more »
    BeSarcastic: I just want to be and do feminism. I don't want to talk about it anymore. I know this is not a great attitude, but I'm so sick of splitting hairs. Eit... more »
    BellaTricks: I love Courtney Martin! My organization hired her (for an ungodly sum) to come speak on eating disorders. She rocks. more »
    misspell: I agree that there shouldn't be Just One feminist front - that is, as long as all the various feminist fronts support each other when necessary. Havin... more »
    mama_t: I have a big problem with the label argument - I really believe it's incredibly important for people (men and women) to call themselves feminist. Wi... more »
    RustyHeadedGirl: Honestly I've always felt like a bad feminist because I'm sick of the discussions about second wave, third wave, who calls themselves a feminist, what... more »
    Beat Girl: I cannot be part of a sisterhood which has members who so vehemently hate the very men that I love and respect. Feminisms fragmentation is a good thin... more »
    pontelo: I do like that our feminist movement today is more inclusive, more diverse, more open to honest discussion about how we have been exclusionary in the ... more »
    nessalicious: My mum brought me up on books like 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' and days out at Greenham Common, so I guess for me feminism was something that just *was*. ... more »
    drinkyrose: I think it's interesting that many of the criticisms of 2nd wave feminism that come from women of color mirror some of the criticisms we hear from man... more »
    KiddyKat: This is like the whole "selling out" debate among people of color when I was in college. A whole bunch of them were going into teaching and working wi... more »
    merv: I think the label of feminist has long been overvalued. It's a straight up distraction. It's what you do you. Not what you say you are. If you're stan... more »
    mbprice: Does anyone know of any books that take a Kuhnian, Structure of Scientific Revolutons-esque look at the feminist movement, say, as an evolving paradig... more »
  • #feminismdoneright

    The (Feminist) Times, They Are A-Changin'

    Courtney E. Martin has called for an end to the idea that there is but One Feminist Movement, and one way to be a feminist, and one small set of feminist issues. Thank goodness. More »
  • #crappyhour

    Republican Racist Jonah Goldberg Should Really Just Shut Up Already