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The
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The word "feminist" still raises hackles. Is
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I
have to be honest, I haven't thought about the question
of using the term that much. I do feminist work--for
a movement for social and political change and for
equality for women and all people. But I say I'm
an activist for women's rights. I don't think I
ever seriously considered taking up the term. One
reason is that when I think of feminists, the first
image that comes to mind is white women. Another
is the image of a man-hating dyke. I am not man-hating,
but I am a dyke. |
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coming out, when I was still questioning, it was too scary
to use that word. But now that I'm out and I know who
I am, I don't relate to the word because the movement
doesn't encompass and hasn't really shown interest in
all women. I have been referred to by others as a feminist--because
of the work I do--and that doesn't bother me. But I don't
own the term. NEXT
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