I respect your opinion, but she doesn't owe anyone anything. As ICanProvideLinks stated, Her work speaks volumes, it has helped towards the progression of women's rights. It's not her job to break everything down for us. Her actions should suffice.

I think there's a danger in taking that attitude too far, though. I've been calling myself a feminist, loudly, since I learned what that word meant, and I have no plans to stop doing that. But I totally get why people don't. Feminism has a history of overlooking marginalized groups of women (women of color, poor…

There are, obviously, some very good reasons that some women have difficulty with the feminist movement. But I don't think it's "playing stupid" to acknowledge that the majority of women who do the "Oh, I could never call myself a feminist—I shave my legs and don't hate men!" thing aren't doing so because of those…

Actually you do give a fuck about her not identifying with you. Otherwise you wouldn't be whining about how she choose to label herself. The last time I check there was also something about choice in Feminists theory. Are those choice valid only when it's the one you want women to make?

Honest question, no snark, and not trolling: what's your beef with her? Is it that she apparently doesn't understand what the word means? Or is it that she sort of seems to be on the same team, but throwing others on the team under the bus?

Sorry but her work speaks louder than her words and that is what matters, she is helping some of the most underprivileged women in the world.

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Jia, hon, you gotta lay off the caffeine after your second cup. And also the exclamation point key.

Reading this is exhausting. But soooo worth it. Mainly for Lucifer.

She doesn't! But I don't think she wants to make a cake filled with rainbows.

are you kidding me

I was there at 7:35 this morning negating her vote, so we'll be at a plus one. Internet high five!

Does she even go here?

It is actually very important. The person who was acted against has a right to her own narrative. If she feels comfortable and wasn't coerced into saying she wasn't abused, then that should be the end of the discussion really.

I was thinking about that myself. I remember once putting a sliver of soap up my vag while in the bath and I was probably 7 or 8 - and I couldn't get it out for the life of me. It burned like a fucker, by the way, and my screams brought my mother, who had a long talk with me about putting shit up my hop ha.

Her sister has not come forward with claims of having been abused. Isn't that pretty crucial? I had a 21 year old boyfriend when I was 16. We had sex, lots of times. Legally, I was raped. I don't see it that way. However, a 15 year old boy fingered me when I was 14, despite my protests. Eventually I stopped fighting,…

For me, Spice Girls was the taste of freedom. It was the first time I, a girl from a former communist country, got to "taste the West." My parents made a huge effort, when I was in the 9th grade, and sent me on a school trip throughout Europe: Vienna, Strasbourg, Paris and London. By coach :). It was painful and yet,…

You're infering so much from one tiny paragraph. Or maybe I should say you're projecting an awful lot.

Yeah, but... he's a cisman. So fair game, right?

He was even more cautious than that; he is "beginning to embark", as in beginning to begin. Also, the first words out of Redmayne's mouth were actually that he was talking to trans women and hearing their experiences. The post was quite uncharitable and condescending. "Eddie, Eddie, Eddie..."