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Nicola Horlick says she is not a feminist. Does Nicola Horlick know what a feminist is??

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stillstanding · 23/02/2011 19:24

Am completely confused .... see article

I mean it's pretty nonsensical for anyone semi-conscious to say they are'nt a feminist but for HER to say it? And in the same breath as calling for quotas to get more women in boardrooms??

It's just daft. Am actually quite cross ...

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HerBeX · 26/02/2011 12:47

Yes but do that hardcore of women not exist any more?

harpsichordcarrier · 26/02/2011 12:43

HerBeX I have to say my experience is different. twenty, thirty years ago they was a hardcore of women committed to the 'sisterhood' - it meant something in a way that it doesn't now, for this generation.

HerBeX · 26/02/2011 12:12

"those were the days when women strove to be supportive towards one another"

I don't believe that women were any more suportive towards one another twenty/ thirty/ forty years ago, than they are now.

Some women will have been, some won't. Same as now. MN is incredibly good at supporting women looking for support and then you'll always get a few arses sneering at someone needing that support. That's always been the way.

LeninGrad · 26/02/2011 11:30

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isaidheysugar · 26/02/2011 11:27

I was in more than one, Dittany. But those were the days when women strove to be supportive towards one another. I certainly wouldn't start such a thread on here.

scottishmummy · 26/02/2011 01:34

been invited a few.lets read/discuss xyz literature and when folk didnt concur it got quite nippy. all a bit my way or the intellectual highway

what was supposed to be stimulating discussion,free expression- all got bit fraught

scottishmummy · 26/02/2011 01:29

jesus wept a pseudo-worthy well read bullying circle.no thanks

EngelbertFustianMcSlinkydog · 26/02/2011 01:27

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scottishmummy · 26/02/2011 01:24

what is a cr group

dittany · 26/02/2011 01:24

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isaidheysugar · 26/02/2011 01:19

CR groups were pretty good back in the day. Smile

dittany · 26/02/2011 01:17

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isaidheysugar · 26/02/2011 01:14

So, seriously, I see that on another feminist thread CR groups are being joked about. Is supportiveness towards other women just seen as silly/sentimental now? Is it more about individualism?

isaidheysugar · 26/02/2011 01:11

Thanks.

dittany · 26/02/2011 01:10

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isaidheysugar · 26/02/2011 01:01

Or did post-feminism kill that notion off?

I don't actually know what sex positive feminism is.

isaidheysugar · 26/02/2011 00:28

Does it have to involve any element of being supportive towards other women?

scottishmummy · 25/02/2011 23:18

actually agree feminism is definable to the individual

dittany · 25/02/2011 23:12

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isaidheysugar · 25/02/2011 23:11

Is the Queen a feminist? Is Camilla?

hymie · 25/02/2011 23:09

I didn't say either were feminists.

The question was...do you think they are?

scottishmummy · 25/02/2011 23:07

why do you get to cherry pick who feminist or not

kate price no according to you
madonna yes according to you

both have careers built on looks and sexuality,both surgically enhanced,both sell brand

neither can sing

hymie · 25/02/2011 23:01

Madonna...can she be considered to be a feminist?

She represented the Blonde bombshell early on in her career has she now redeemed herself in the eyes of Feminist?

Personal choices on how a Woman displays her sexuality shouldn't have any bearing on her role as a Feminist.

scottishmummy · 25/02/2011 22:58

represents self as sexual=true feminist?care to elaborate

hymie · 25/02/2011 22:57

Kate Price is a ridiculous caricature of what cosmetic surgery and systematic self abuse can do to a person.

Kate Middleton has views on Womens rights that escape me.

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