January 2011
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Rebecca, 19, San Francisco
I’m Rebecca, a 19-year old student from San Francisco who firmly identifies as a feminist. When I’m not studying, you’ll find me reading feminist books and blogs, Tweeting stories, and not shaving my legs! You know, because you don’t get a Feminist Card if you shave. When was my “click” moment? It’s hard for me to say. You see, I remember little of my...
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Kate Marshall / 25 / Ann Arbor, MI
Feminism, to me, looks like my great aunt who was a librarian. She was an academic librarian, a public librarian, a school librarian, and a librarian for the frakking ARMY. It’s better public education, comprehensive sex education, freedom from sexual and domestic violence. It’s being able to take stock of my current situation and say “I am not a 1950’s housewife, I am...
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Elizabeth, 24, Minneapolis
I have always been a feminist. Why wouldn’t women be treated equitably? But after living for a year in a cold, ultraliberal European country, I realized just how bad we are about women and families in the U.S. It was totally possible to create a safe, warm, encouraging environment for everybody - women included. But we just completely refuse to do so.
Lately I’ve been thinking a...