How do you learn about feminism?

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FlamingoBingo · 16/01/2011 13:53

Can someone tell me how you get to a point where you can, without flustering, argue with twits like the guardian commenters? What should you do to learn enough that the arguments for feminism just trip off the tongue?

Read books? Which ones?

Join groups that meet regularly? What if there are none near you?

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Coleysworth · 16/01/2011 14:31

Good question: I haven't got there yet either. I tend not to engage with guardian commenters because they're beyond redemption, as far as I can see

I've learned the most from reading the threads in this section (and elsewhere on MN) and seeing how others do it :)

ISNT · 16/01/2011 14:27

this sort of thing?

I haven't read it myself, mind

ISNT · 16/01/2011 14:25

I don't know flamingo.

Many of the posters on here are old hands at this stuff but still lose their temper/patience from time to time.

There are some feminism 101 sites I think which explain all about people using different tactics to derail/upset/change the debate etc, is it that sort of thing you mean?

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FlamingoBingo · 16/01/2011 14:20

Yesh, I do, and have done for a very long time (have changed name back to the one I had ages ago recently)...but what IRL?

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wukter · 16/01/2011 14:15

Hang around here for a while. Very informative.

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