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I can understand the people that don't want to identify with feminism because of the focus it has on white cis women. Focusing only on a small percentage of women is pretty freakin useless! I personally ID as an intersectional feminist because various -isms like racism, sexism, classism, etc very often collide, and I don't think any of them are secondary to the other.
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fizzygato
Oh, wow. So many yes's, ha.
I guess I was mostly curious because I know lots of people personally who say they DON'T identify as being a feminist because for so long certain feminists have only cared about issues that affect white cis ... more
I guess I was mostly curious because I know lots of people personally who say they DON'T identify as being a feminist because for so long certain feminists have only cared about issues that affect white cis ... more
Oh, wow. So many yes's, ha.
I guess I was mostly curious because I know lots of people personally who say they DON'T identify as being a feminist because for so long certain feminists have only cared about issues that affect white cis women.
So basically they are hesitant to associate themselves with a group that claimed to be all inclusive but wasn't that much, really. less
I guess I was mostly curious because I know lots of people personally who say they DON'T identify as being a feminist because for so long certain feminists have only cared about issues that affect white cis women.
So basically they are hesitant to associate themselves with a group that claimed to be all inclusive but wasn't that much, really. less
