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Five Famous Feminists - who would you name?

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SparklingExplosionGoldBrass · 23/11/2010 22:13

Whether or not you agree with their particular version of feminism, who are the first five names that spring to mind?
I'd say
Andrea Dworkin
Betty Friedman
Gloria Steinem
Robin Morgan
Mary Neal

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ElephantsAndMiasmas · 24/11/2010 09:31

Can we have a list of current men who express feminist views? Or call themselves feminists or pro-feminists?

IamKatiePrice · 24/11/2010 09:25

Rihanna
Katie Perry
Joan Collins
Jilly Cooper
Felicity Kendal

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 24/11/2010 09:21

Think we're not going to notice that you've made poor Susan and Gloria share a chair there, Sakura? :o

Sakura · 24/11/2010 08:24

Germaine Greer
Virginia Woolf
Kate Millet
Andrea Dworkin
Susan Faludi/Gloria Steinem

earwicga · 24/11/2010 01:14

Marilyn French
Eve Ensler
bell hooks
Malalai Joya
Mukhtar Mai

and as E&M had an extra 5 I'm gonna add

Cath Elliott and Philippa Willitts (The F Word).

ElephantsAndMiasmas · 24/11/2010 00:28

Germaine Greer
Mary Wollstonecraft
Helena Kennedy
Betty Friedan
Christine de Pizan

are five that spring to mind, and a nice historical sweep.

But five living feminist inspirations for me I would say are:

Kat Banyard
Sabrina Qureshi
Finn Mackay
Julie Burchill (although I heartily disagree with her on some issues she is my feminist fairy godmother)
Twisty

(love your list sixpercent)

StaceySolomonismyHeroine · 23/11/2010 23:05

Haven't looked

Virginia Woolf
Mary Wollenstonecraft
Germaine Greer
Eleanor Rathbone
Andrea Dworkin

BitOfFun · 23/11/2010 23:00

Without looking first, I would say:

Germaine Greer

Kate Millet

Susan Faludi

Simone DeBeauvoir

and, er, Dittany...

JessinAvalon · 23/11/2010 22:58

Julie Burchill?

I would add Kat Banyard

StuffingGoldBrass · 23/11/2010 22:53

Oh you can have more than five, Dittany Wink

Beachcomber · 23/11/2010 22:29

Good call on Twisty - she is awesome.

Beachcomber · 23/11/2010 22:28

Marilyn French of course - she affected an entire generation. (And one of the characters in The Women's Room is famously taken out of context of accusing all men as being rapists).

sixpercenttruejedi · 23/11/2010 22:28

Can I have six? I forgot Nine Deuce.

dittany · 23/11/2010 22:28

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sixpercenttruejedi · 23/11/2010 22:25

Germaine Greer
Melissa McEwan
Twisty Faster (jill)
Julie Burchill
Andrea Dworkin

Beachcomber · 23/11/2010 22:21

Andrea Dworkin

Kate Millet

Germaine Greer

Catherine MacKinnon

plus the women mentioned by SGB.

BelligerentGhoul · 23/11/2010 22:19

Jane Austen
Germaine Greer
The Pankhursts
Margaret Atwood
The writer of The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gillman.

LadyBlaBlah · 23/11/2010 22:17

Andrea Dworkin
Germaine Greer
Carol Smart (not v.famous but published)
Ceri Parsons (not v.famous but published)
Betty Friedman