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What does it mean to be a feminist in Women’s Month?

Jen Thorpe by Jen Thorpe 1 August 201216 April 2013

Many people spend a lot of their time making straw-women arguments about what it means to be feminist. Feminists, they assume, are all unshaven, definitely don’t wear make-up or do their hair, and perhaps are a bit overweight. Feminists, they think, are all militant and anti-men. Feminists do not have a sense of humour, and […]

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