The Angry Feminist (Cross-posted on facebook)

[purple_ladybug1]

Assholes like to belittle women’s rights activists, dismissing us as “angry feminists.” Normally I bristle against stereotypes of any kind, but especially ones that try to limit who I am as a person. I’m not a bitch. I don’t hate men. I shave my legs.

But I am angry.

I’m angry that systematically, across the nation, at different levels of government

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[author_by_night]

Honestly, I'm not sure how many people have even heard about Clinton's alleged assaults. Maybe I'm just out of the loop politically, but I sure never did, nor, I think, did a lot of people who supported him. I've seen the same with conservative family and friends - it's amazing what they haven't heard, because it just hasn't come up in their circles. (And they're not in denial, I know them well enough to know that's not it.)

In today’s day and age, what kind of history students ignore the history of half the world’s population

That's what bothered me about a lot of history classes. I realize there's, well, reasons they mostly cover well-off white men - that's mostly who was written about. But we know they know about the rest, so why not learn about them? Even studying Ancient Rome it was like, what about the women?

’m angry at the number of times I had to ask to choose a famous person not on the proposed list for essays, papers, and projects. Why? I wanted to write about famous women.

Wait - seriously?!

I’m angry that the church in which I was raised won’t allow women to serve in ordained positions. Women are allowed to be deacons, but not elders or ministers. My father is an elder, and I know he does his best to represent my mother and me, along with my brothers. But my mother has put just as much love, time, and energy into serving our church, a denomination that fails to use her wisdom and leadership in a greater capacity.

MayI ask what denomination this is? It's okay if it isn't.

I really like this entry. I'm a feminist too, and I hate that it's been turned into a dirty word again.

[purple_ladybug1]

Oh, I didn't even touch on the absolute hypocrisy of our misogynistic media. I've read countless articles on the extremely limited media coverage of the women who publicly accused Clinton of sexual assault. That's why most people haven't heard about it.

My senior seminar, History on the Margins, addressed this problem when studying Early Modern European history. We learned about the poor, the imprisoned, the mentally ill, religious minorities (which varied country to country), women, and more.

Associate Reformed Presbyterian.