Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Who is your favorite feminist?

A friend of mine asked me this the other day.
"Myself," I replied, "I am a feminist and I love myself."
And while I do believe loving oneself is a positive thing, truth be told, I don't know who my favorite feminist is. Somehow I have worked with feminist issues for the past 5 years without having read The Feminine Mystique or anything by Gloria Steinem. I have read bits and pieces of Angela Davis and bell hooks, but I really don't have a good grasp on their work. So, I am going to rectify the giant hole in my feminist knowledge by doing some research on famous feminists and profiling them on here. I'm going to look at the ones mentioned above, as well as Judith Butler, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and I'm sure others will come up in my discussions and my research. Hopefully, next time someone asks me who my favorite feminist is, I will have an answer.

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