Feminism meme!

[wavyarms]

I'm Kathleen Hanna!

You are Kathleen Hanna! Poster child of the riot
grrls, you've grown up a little in the last few
years. You've brought rape, feminism,
sexuality, and wymyn surviving hard shit into
the mainstream through art, music, and
spokenword. You're PUNKROCK! But, like, for
real.


Which Western feminist icon are you?
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Now I want time to go look all those people up in further detail.

Who are you?

Comments

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

See, that whole thing pisses me off. I think a lot of people don't like feminism, or claim that they aren't feminists, because they think feminism is all about semantics (like "wymyn"). Whereas the semantics is just a sideline of the real thing, IMO.

[wavyarms.livejournal.com]

Well, but don't you think that semantics reflects and reinforces deeper preconceptions?

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's true, but I think it also does the movement of feminism a grave disservice. Language is important, but if people think that's *all there is* to feminism (and I've heard plenty of people express that exact opinion), then it trivializes what the greater movement is about. There has to be something *more* - more substance - but "regular" people just see the re-spellings, and think "hey, this is ridiculous. These feminists are idiots/stoopid/not worth my time."

Basically, I'm saying that while semantics are important, they need to be presented as part of the larger whole. In context it makes more sense, but when separated from the context, it's just bad for the movement as a whole.

[wavyarms.livejournal.com]

So, basically, we have to figure out how to present a complex idea in a way that can be digested by the general public, probably through the media, right?

;)

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

Yes. Easy, right?