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History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: Is it time for a Feminist Manifesto for DU? [View all]CTyankee
(63,892 posts)20. I don't remember the racist stuff but I do remember the Hillary/sexist stuff and as it turned out
some of those folks were found to be trolls, IIRC. I always found it odd to hear those voices saying it was sexism here that caused DUers to oppose Hillary, so I had my suspicions all along about that episode.
Opposition to Hillary for a lot of liberals was because she was part of the Clinton machine, which was viewed with some suspicion. With her superb handling of her job as SoS she has proved herself beyond our wildest dreams. '04 now seems like ancient history...
So I guess my point is that there was always something odd about that whole "controversy"...
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But I wonder if leaving it to individual posts to clarify what feminism is, is a clumsy way of
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#2
Yes, so true. We keep saying it over and over in each and every post of sexism. We need some
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#11
Can you give me an example of what that "sexist in and of itself" would look like? I need
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#17
I don't remember the racist stuff but I do remember the Hillary/sexist stuff and as it turned out
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#20
Yes, I agree. But it was used by some pretty fishy types who suddenly showed up on DU.
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#23
Well, apart from the unique Hillary thing in 04 where there was basically some mischief afoot
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#25
Yep. It's about not sinking to that level, and creating a more level playing field.
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#37
I continue to encounter women who say things like, "You know, I understand the need for
patrice
Nov 2012
#26
Humanist is fine. Everybody is human, after all and I have already made a case for Feminism
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#29
Humanist is certainly one term I'd very much like to re-claim and it certainly at least implies the
patrice
Nov 2012
#30
Probably more diversity : similarity, just riffing again on process . . . link:
patrice
Dec 2012
#34
I'm comfortable with this. It's been a while since I looked into the research very deeply, but
patrice
Dec 2012
#35
Thank you for this, but I must go do my budget, so I will look at it later & get back to us ...
patrice
Dec 2012
#45
i am kickin this to get back to it later. i have been so busy in meta and GD i have not been
seabeyond
Dec 2012
#42