okay, here we go. Feminism, like any concept, is just that... a concept. It means many things to many people. When you say that it's time to live it out, what part are you gonna pick? The slightly feminist that just wants to get paid the same as everyone else? The angry feminist that howls and rails against she knows not what, but knows to blame all injustice on clitorism (that's a funny word, I just made it up). Or maybe the pseudo-fem, that feels that if sperm could be manufactured men could be tagged and kenneled?
That's kinda the problem with trying to live a concept. Once you decide what it means to you, you run the risk of being judged and "educated" by those who live the same word quite differently. Where my compatriot (the she said part) feels the Feminism should no longer be a dirty word, I feel that maybe all tags are horribly dirty little words. Now if we could remove that word and find a different way to say com man sense, that could work. Why does everyone have to find so many ways to say "Don't be dumb, we're all equal"? Seems to me that picking a title to live under isn't so much about finding a way to save humanity as it is a way to separate yourself from it. Democrats, Republicans, Christians, Baptists, Jews... all titles.
Maybe instead of picking a title, finding and gathering others under that banner, and associating yourself with countless others, just maybe we could instead say "Don't be dumb, use your comman sense". Yep, someday.
I think I'll start now. And you?
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