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§ ita § - Mar 22, 2012 5:05:50 pm PDT #27774 of 30001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Isn't the old-school feminist stereotype that leg hair is required? I've never heard of "choice feminism."

Choice feminism, is, as far as I understand it, feminism with the understanding that not actually availing yourself of the job you just got the right to (or keeping wearing the girdle you got the right to burn) is also a choice. So, yeah, you can have the hairy legs of freedom, but you can also wear a corset of freedom if you wish.

A visible portion of women believe you're selling out the side if you don't actually burn the bra, so to speak.

Okay--the rooibos tea in the teamaker? Epiphany! The bag of Rooibos Tropica is coming out of the cupboard. I'd totally been oversteeping or...something. I dunno. But how I'd been doing it before was nasty. But controlled 208°r; for 5:30 is really really fresh and nice. This honeymoon period is really nice.

And, boy, am I ever glad I found that stack of BBaB 20% off coupons.

msbelle - Mar 22, 2012 5:08:10 pm PDT #27775 of 30001

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

May sleep in the garage tonight. I just can't even.

Jesse - Mar 22, 2012 5:08:20 pm PDT #27776 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Choice feminism, is, as far as I understand it, feminism with the understanding that not actually availing yourself of the job you just got the right to (or keeping wearing the girdle you got the right to burn) is also a choice. So, yeah, you can have the hairy legs of freedom, but you can also wear a corset of freedom if you wish.

I would just call that feminism, but nobody asked me. I haven't been a feminist spokesperson in nearly 20 years!

Jesse - Mar 22, 2012 5:08:36 pm PDT #27777 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh dear, msbelle.

Amy - Mar 22, 2012 5:09:43 pm PDT #27778 of 30001

Because books.

Oh, msbelle, I'm sorry.

Steph L. - Mar 22, 2012 5:12:40 pm PDT #27779 of 30001

I look more rad than Lutheranism

A visible portion of women believe you're selling out the side if you don't actually burn the bra, so to speak.

Let me tell you, being a diehard feminist and *choosing* to ASK my male partner to hit me with things that go THWACK! is a mindfuck of gargantuan proportions. Intellectually, I am down with it. I own my sexuality and my kink and my desires. I ask for it, I *choose* it.

But there is a part of me that cringes and thinks it's horrific and that I am the biggest sellout to the patriarchy EVER.

Steph L. - Mar 22, 2012 5:14:06 pm PDT #27780 of 30001

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Dang it, I was typing when msbelle posted.

Are things safe for you, msbelle? Could you call your parents if you need to, or is that too hard for them to deal with?

msbelle - Mar 22, 2012 5:19:44 pm PDT #27781 of 30001

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am safe. I don't feel safe. They would make it worse.

-t - Mar 22, 2012 5:23:05 pm PDT #27782 of 30001

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm sorry, msbelle. I wish I could do something to help.

Amy - Mar 22, 2012 5:26:49 pm PDT #27783 of 30001

Because books.

What -t said, msbelle. If things get worse, though, you will call someone for some help?

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