Feminist Women’s Book Group Forming

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    birdrescuer
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    My hope is that women who love to read will also love to come and discuss a variety of books. I look forward to deep discussions while having fun. General focus will be on reading books that relate to contemporary issues.
    First meeting
    Monday, October 9 at 7PM.
    Uptown Coffee on Delridge, This place stays open late and has a separate meeting space. If we meet away from our homes, no one has to clean or cook :-).
    Respond here or contact me at
    activistkmw AT hotmail Dot com

    Come give it a try.

    #895151

    birdrescuer
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    #895183

    JoB
    Participant

    i will try to be there

    #895948

    birdrescuer
    Participant

    Watch this spot. Due to a small response, I am postponing the initial meeting. Time/date TBD. I will post back when there are few more people that express interest. You can post below or email me at the address above.

    #895951

    dapuffin
    Participant

    If I can work time and transportation, I would be interested in being there.

    #895965

    anonyme
    Participant

    Part of the problem might be the word “feminist”. Even today, I’ve observed very negative reactions to it from both men and women – even women whose lives embody the very concept of feminism. As someone who was around during the inception of the movement, I find this disturbing and challenge it whenever possible. If you do some research, this taint was no accident. There was a strong political backlash that set out to deliberately trivialize and discredit the movement. For example, the famous “bra-burning” that never happened, and the label “bra-burner” that followed.

    Might make for an interesting discussion once you’ve found a way to circumvent the “F” word.

    #895968

    birdrescuer
    Participant

    I used the word Feminist with complete intent and do not plan to circumvent it. I want to be in process with women comfortable identifying as Feminist. We start on a stronger ground for difficult discussions. If it takes a bit longer to get five to eight women, that is fine. When we get together we will rock.

    #895993

    JoB
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    i will be da puffin’s transportation..

    i am sorry so many women bought the storyline about feminism… it was their loss
    one of these days they will figure that out..
    but until then i too would just as soon be in process with people who embrace the term.

    #896005

    anonyme
    Participant

    I don’t disagree with the stance; it was an objective observation of a social phenomenon.

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