OK Fishie
Urrggh choice feminism.
Feminism isn't about airy-fairy fluffy-wuffy choosing choices
rhetoric: feminism is political ideology.
Down with the patriarchy!
The choices we make are not made in a vacuum.
For a time I chose to be a stay-at-home parent. This was not
a feminist choice. it wasn't an anti-feminist choice either.
It was a choice made in a context of social, financial and
childcare pressures. I genuinely wanted it too, to be at home with the
children, but just cos I'm a feminist doesn't mean it was a "feminist
choice". Unless it was also an atheist choice, a bleeding heart leftie
choice, etc etc. I mean, what the hell?
Choosing that didn't make me a bad feminist: let's not get
hung up on what makes a bad feminist.
But when you're choosing the conventional roles/ways of
performing femininity, recognise the water in which you are swimming.
OK, fishie?
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