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Feminism for Anti-Feminists

Check out some great writing from our own Cecilia Weddell, a BU senior, writing for BU Culture Shock.Boston_University_seal

When I see former acquaintances, teammates, and even friends speaking against feminism—speaking against their own worth as equals to men—I am sad. I see these women as patriarchy’s biggest victims. They are women who have been convinced to fight against their own right to equality, and who truly do see their value in the terms of whether or not they have attracted the attention of a man. And it makes for an odd question of choice: should I cut this sort of thinking out of my life, unfollow, and move on? Should I try to understand and to educate, to explain the real values of feminism while risking further misunderstanding and ruin of what once was a friendship, or at least a mutual respect?

Read the rest of the article here!

DFM? #2: Laurel!

Even though she was in a hurry to get where she was going, this undergrad stopped to talk with us in front of 685 Comm Ave when we asked if she could answer our few questions. We thank her for her good will.

DFM-2DFM #2
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 (we took Indigenous People’s Day off)

Hi! What’s your name?
Laurel

Where ya from?
California!

What are you studying, what do you do?
Film and Television!

Tell us: Does feminism Matter?
“Yes… [hesitates]… it’s a complex subject to talk about but I would definitely say yes, it does matter.”

One a scale of 1-10, how much do you think feminism matters?

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DFM? #1: Ellen!

Introducing a new Hoochie project! “DFM” stands for “Does Feminism Matter?”. Of course you know our answer — we’re all friendly fierce fine feminists here, eh? If that’s surprising, you should have read the sign on the door — but another question that matters is, “Do other people in our community think feminism matters?” So we’re gathering some data.

Our staff writers are going to be prowling the streets around the BU campus, stopping passersby each day to put an all-important question to them: “Does Feminism Matter?” We’ll post their responses here, without editorialization, so as to help create an accurate portrayal of the state of feminist attitudes and awareness in our community.

Here to kick off the series is an undergrad we found sunning herself on the steps of the Tsai Center.

dfm-1-v1DFM #1
Friday, October 11, 2013

Hi! What’s your name?
Ellen

Where ya from?
Albany!

What are you studying, what do you do?
Chinese and French!

Tell us: Does feminism Matter?
“I think so, yes! Men and woman matter equally, so the study of men and women as a whole matters.”

One a scale of 1-10, how much do you think feminism matters? 10