Joss Whedon on why he hates the word "feminist":

[Y]ou can't be born an ist. It's not natural. You can't be born a baptist; you have to be baptized. You can't be born an atheist or a communist or a horticulturalist. You have to have these things brought to you. So 'feminist' includes the idea that believing men and women to be equal, believing ( Read more... )