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Topic subjectI disagree with labeling someone feminist if they didn't label themselves
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13214026, I disagree with labeling someone feminist if they didn't label themselves
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Mon Nov-20-17 10:30 AM
that way.

Finding historical figures who may have expressed
certain ideas consistent with one's philosophy
and then labeling them with your entire philosophy
lacks integrity imo.

>Women (and others) have been fighting
>for women's rights for as long as there's been patriarchy.


Yeah I know. That's not what I'm talking about tho.


>You should look into "protofeminism" and consider why someone like
>Harriet Tubman is considered a feminist. Then you should look
>at things like 3rd Wave feminism


I have. See subject line tho.
"Considered" a feminist. Please note the meaning
of the word "considered" and who is doing the
considering and why. Reading someone as a
feminist and them identifying as such are different
things. Racist white women used the name and tainted
it with their speech and actions.
Better to use another one.