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mopinko

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Sun Aug 29, 2021, 11:04 AM Aug 2021

feminism 101- recommend a book or movie [View all]

so, i have a friend who is 40, educated, but says she's read zero feminist theory.
maybe she and i dont have the same idea of that word, but...
she's someone who is a mess because of a macho, toxic family. she should just tell them to go fuck themselves, but she really wants to try to articulate what the fucking problem is.

so, she wants recommendations.
i'm gonna look through my library and see what i have. but it seems like forever ago that reading led me to thinking and being someone who is whole, and makes no apologies for it. (or so i tell myself.)
i dont remember where my path started beyond ms magazine and 'fat is a feminist issue'.

what books or movies opened your eyes?

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A couple of popular culture statement movies: FalloutShelter Aug 2021 #1
this isnt really what i was thinking. mopinko Aug 2021 #3
Sorry, I misunderstood your request. FalloutShelter Aug 2021 #4
it's okay. and yeah, she mopinko Aug 2021 #5
I'll start WhiteTara Aug 2021 #2
All good choices. cbabe Aug 2021 #6
The Copper Woman story is among my favorite WhiteTara Aug 2021 #7
Marilyn French, The War Against Women musette_sf Sep 2021 #8
now that name rings a bell. mopinko Sep 2021 #9
A really, really important book, musette_sf Sep 2021 #10
The Telling Collection, Women Before Roe musette_sf Sep 2021 #11
Feminism Unmodified by Catharine MacKinnon Stargleamer Sep 2021 #12
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