Where do you stand on the "feminist" label?

media girl's picture
a poll submitted by media girl posted July 17, 2005 - 3:33pm
I love the word and all it represents. Let's reclaim it!
89% (17 votes)
It's okay, but it has too many associations. Nix it.
11% (2 votes)
I hate it.
0% (0 votes)
I don't care.
0% (0 votes)
Other....
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 19

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womanist?
Comment by artemisia posted July 17, 2005 - 6:05pm

i can't remember where i saw it, but i recently read something about some women using the womanist instead of feminist... any one have thoughts on that?

personally, i like both words


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media girl's picture
womanist??
Comment by media girl posted July 18, 2005 - 12:39am

I dunno. A bit close to womanizer, if you ask me.


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Based on what I've read,
Comment by Sioned posted July 18, 2005 - 1:04am

Based on what I've read, there's a racial distinction between the two... and needing two words for the same thing based on a difference in skin color disturbs me, to be honest.

Because "feminism" became so closely associated with middle class white women, some African-American feminists coined and used the term "womanist" to distinguish that they were talking about issues specific to non-middle-class women and that the issues they were discussing overlap with racial issues.

I'd really like to see us reach a point where "feminism" isn't so heavily bound to the experience of middle-class white women (even though I identify as such) and more inclusive of women and issues from other races and economic backgrounds. I have no reference for how close we are to that point, tho.


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