Comments on: Confessions of a Girly Girl http://fringemagazine.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/confessions-of-a-girly-girl/ the noun that verbs your world, http://www.fringemagazine.org Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:53:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Elise http://fringemagazine.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/confessions-of-a-girly-girl/#comment-44 Elise Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:14:00 +0000 http://fringemagazine.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/confessions-of-a-girly-girl/#comment-44 I loved this blog. It was written so well and I found that I was able to relate to many things in the blog. This girl is definately going places! I loved this blog. It was written so well and I found that I was able to relate to many things in the blog. This girl is definately going places!

]]> By: Elisabeth http://fringemagazine.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/confessions-of-a-girly-girl/#comment-37 Elisabeth Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:56:00 +0000 http://fringemagazine.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/confessions-of-a-girly-girl/#comment-37 Interesting blog, but I just wanted to say that I do think there is room in feminism for folks who like cute outfits!<br/><br/>There is actually a very cool interview in the <a HREF="http://www.bitchmagazine.org/read.shtml" REL="nofollow">current Bitch </a> with Whipping Girl author Julia Serano that discusses this very issue -- how in "empowering women" the feminist and queer communities often extoll masculine characteristics and put down feminine characteristics, which is just another form of sexism.<br/><br/>She calls for folks to be more critical of these types of theory and to recognize that the idea of "feminine" includes much more than, for example, being a maptrap. By all means, pick up a Bitch and read! Interesting blog, but I just wanted to say that I do think there is room in feminism for folks who like cute outfits!

There is actually a very cool interview in the current Bitch with Whipping Girl author Julia Serano that discusses this very issue — how in “empowering women” the feminist and queer communities often extoll masculine characteristics and put down feminine characteristics, which is just another form of sexism.

She calls for folks to be more critical of these types of theory and to recognize that the idea of “feminine” includes much more than, for example, being a maptrap. By all means, pick up a Bitch and read!

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