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I reject the idea that when young women make choices with which we disagree, they are acting without autonomy.
Roxane Gay
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It's an amusing idea to some, this feminism thing - this audacious notion that women should be able to move through the world as freely, and enjoy the same inalienable rights and bodily autonomy, as men. At least, that's the impression given when feminism and feminists are all too often the targets of lazy humor.
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I keep trying to imagine a universe in which too many public figures declaring themselves feminists would be a bad thing.
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In truth, I don't care about making feminism more accessible to anyone.
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This is the real problem feminism faces. Too many people are willfully ignorant about what the word means and what the movement aims to achieve.
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I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we celebrate celebrity feminism while avoiding the actual work of feminism.
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Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a seductive marketing campaign. The idea of women moving through the world as freely as men should sell itself.
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I have never been married. I don't know if I will ever marry, though I hope to. When I am asked why I have not married, I explain that my parents have been happily married for 42 years. The bar feels so very high for that kind of commitment.
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I read too many romance novels during my formative years. I have a penchant for romantic comedies. I understand why 'Romeo and Juliet' came to such a pass.
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My parents have been married for 42 years. Their marriage has been - from what I can see - a happy one.
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Day after day with them, I see more and more of my parents in me. I see where all my quirks come from. I see my future.
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I want to take the time to think through how I feel and why I feel. I don't want to feign expertise on matters I know nothing about for the purpose of offering someone else my immediate reaction for their consumption.
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