Comments on: But You Don’t Act Like A Feminist?

By: Santiago G

Santiago G — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:10:29 +0000

julie. omg. you rock. i like totally didn’t know you blogged. eventually i will want to write and article for you.

By: Keema

Keema — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:49:52 +0000

AMEN!!!!!

By: A

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:02:17 +0000

everytime someone says that to me, i go “i don’t subscribe to labels.” and then i walk out.
i mean, even though i dress girly the way i dress expresses me and just because i dress in skirts and dresses it doesnt mean i can’t be a feminist.

By: Simran

Simran — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:37:49 +0000

It’s true! It’s like, people who like paris hilton dress like her or people who like Slipknot try to protrait them, and you just tell what a person likes by what she/he’s wearing. That isn’t the thing in feminism. You can’t tell who’s a feminist by what they wear, but by what they THINK. I mean, seriously, how IS a feminist supposed to dress?? What did this guy have in mind? Julia Stiles??!!

By: Melody

Melody — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:31:16 +0000

I agree with what you said about feminists and how every aspect of your life and/or appearance shouldn’t be defined by that – however your argument lost it’s punch when you made the Christian analogy to me. I identify as a liberal Christian and a feminist (I know, I’m just full of contradictions) and people who are believers and are not believers DO label you as ‘THE Christian’ and question your Christ-like actions RELENTLESSLY. Especially if you’re living out loud and unashamed of it. I don’t think it’s fair to just grab any religion to make a random point in a rant, although you’re free to use whatever you like as an example. I’m not the boss of you XD I imagine you’re an unashamed feminist as well, so maybe you can relate to what I’m saying.

By: Linkspam: Feminism, Science & Usability

Linkspam: Feminism, Science & Usability — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:34:01 +0000

[...] What does a “real” feminist act like? The idea that all feminists are the same, think the same and act the same makes being a feminist all the more frustrating sometimes. We don’t all agree — in fact, some of the biggest feminist battles are being fought between women who identify as feminists. Look. You can’t pick us out of a line up. We don’t dress a certain way or act a certain way or believe in the same things. We are, as all people, individuals first and our individual experiences make up who we are, including our feminist perspective. Also? In my experience there is a direct correlation between people who use words like “feminazi” to describe feminism and the lack of knowledge they actually have about feminism, its history, and the myriad of different opinions and degrees of opinions it manifests. [...]

By: The Raisin Girl

The Raisin Girl — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:36:01 +0000

Actually, a lot of people DO question Christians when they don’t act like Jesus himself. As someone who used to be really into church and the Christian community, I know this firsthand. I had more people than you would believe ask me how I could be a Christian and still do X or Y. How can you be a Christian and still dress in black so much? How can you be a Christian and hang out with THOSE kids?

Granted, most of the people asking these questions were other Christians…

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:38:42 +0000

Yep, I hear you there. I often work with people as a sort of ‘covert feminist.’ Meaning I talk about feminist issues without mentioning the ‘F-word.’ Of course, I didn’t talk about feminism at all in high school. I was too busy smacking idiot boys for feeling me up all the damn time.

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:10:01 +0000

Dude–
Right, because you know exactly what it’s like to be a high school girl. And so many of them are just clamoring to call themselves feminists. Which is probably why there’ve been a million “death of feminism” scare articles published within the past two decades. And please, I’ve known what it was like to be objectified since I was eleven and my classmate’s cousin chased me around a fucking health club all day because he thought I had sexy legs, and then when I told him to go away he found my bag and broke my glasses. Talk to some girls for once, I know many who have similar stories.

Also, if someone says something stupid because they have no idea what they’re talking about, then guess what, they need to be educated, not just brushed aside as well-meaning but dim. It’s easy for you to believe that there’s nothing wrong with what he said when he didn’t say it to you and it does not concern any group which you are a part of.

Stop trolling feminist blogs until you learn what the fuck you’re talking about.

By: Bubbly11

Bubbly11 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:03:09 +0000

Last week we were in Literature class talking about historical context and I brought up the fact that the book was set during the sexual and feminist revolution.
Well… at the mention of the word feminist, my ex went on and on about how he hates feminists because they all hate men etc.
I was shocked because he went out with me for 3 years and he knew that I identified as a feminist plus both his mother and sister hold strong feminsit values.
He reminded me that some people do have such ignorant and closed views of the world and that it was very beneficial for me to have dumped him