Yes, in case you were wondering, "Feminist" is actually a dirty word -- dirty enough to get retouched out of an 8th-grade class photo at Clermont Northeastern Middle School in Batavia, Ohio, at least. Thirteen-year-old Sophie -- real first name, last name withheld -- had worn her homemade "FEMINIST" t-shirt to school without any issues a few weeks back, according to a letter from her mom to the
"Fear of feminism is also fear of complexity, fear of thinking, fear of ideas--we live, after all, in a profoundly anti-intellectual culture. Feminism is one of the few movements in the U.S. that produce nonacademic intellectuals--readers, writers, thinkers, and theorists outside the academy." Lisa Maria Hogeland.
THIS is the girl I woulda had a crush on back in 8th Grade.
"Fear of feminism is also fear of complexity, fear of thinking, fear of ideas--we live, after all, in a profoundly anti-intellectual culture. Feminism is one of the few movements in the U.S. that produce nonacademic intellectuals--readers, writers, thinkers, and theorists outside the academy." Lisa Maria Hogeland.
"It's so ... black!" said Ford Prefect, "you can hardly make out its shape ... light just seems to fall into it!"
Zaphod said nothing. He had simply fallen in love.
The blackness of it was so extreme that it was almost impossible to tell how close you were standing to it.
"Your eyes just slide off it ..." said Ford in wonder. It was an emotional moment. He bit his lip.
Gotta fill that air time with SOMETHING
Or she's beset by assholes.
No, not really.
A non-asshole (okay, a non-coward) would've been ready to talk to the mom immediately.
That seems like a respectful response...
I'm starting to appreciate the implications of the "bag over the head" pictures.
Been a feminist since my first paycheck 45 years ago. "Some people might find it offensive" ??? Fuck you, dick brain.
Feminist, the new F-bomb.
When's her birthday? I want to get her a present.
I'm making a tee-shirt that says "Fallopian." We need more F-words.
Yeah, I love their Cairo correspondent, Vern Hatfield....
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Fabulous.