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more about #fayweldon more comments → tiredfairy: You know, while perspective is certainly important, and I remind myself often that my life could be far worse...the argument that unless you're facing... more » battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: Hmm, I can smell the rotten fruits and veggies coming. But, in all honesty, people like her are the reason so many women are hesitant to call themselv... more » bluebears: Doris Lessing has always had a conflicted relationship with the feminist movement and never self-identified her writing (most famously The Golden Note... more » Princess Leela: Watching these upper-middle-class first-wave feminists tie themselves into pedagogical knots makes me realize that for the women of their generation, ... more » Penny: That said, I cannot respect her assertion that rape isn't the worst thing that can happen to a person. Rape isn't the worst thing that could have hap... more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): I'm a better feminist than everyone. I have this internet badge to prove it. I so appreciate all the work women like Ms. Weldon have done - but real... more » Penny: I would be suspicious of someone who self-identified as feminist and agreed with everything I believed. Feminism cannot be owned by one person, group... more » emilyanne: Jessica, I really enjoyed this post but I want to make two points: 1. The Observer is NOT the Guardian's Sunday magazine, it is the oldest Sunday news... more » bowleserised: BUT I think that a lot of women come round to feminism as they get older. My "I'm not a feminist because I don't hate men" friends are now, in their t... more » RhymesWithSilver: I believe in equal rights for women. However, every time I talk to someone who is a self-proclaimed "Feminist", or identifies very strongly with the "... more » AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope: I recently met up with friends from high school after a few years. One friend is going to med school to be a surgeon through the Air Force. She wants ... more » gherkinfiend: Also the batshit craziness of Germaine Greer probably isn't helping the feminism cause in the UK. She was touring TV stations a few weeks ago ranting ... more » gherkinfiend: @Eeva: They also fail to point out that one of the reasons younger women across the spectrum aren't getting involved in active feminism is that most o... more » susanstohelit: I've had many discussions with my fiance about this - how second-wavers are really out of touch with the current movement and that makes it hard to id... more » Shamrockette: This all comes down to the male-dominated society. Us women are expected from birth to view men as our superiors, because they work to put food on the... more » -
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'I'm The Only Feminist There Is – The Others Are All Out Of Step'
Fay Weldon is a grande dame of feminist literature - albeit a renegade one. She chose her choices - and does it make her less of an icon?
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