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Feminist NY Resolutions (totally stolen from S&B but who cares?)

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kickassangel · 04/01/2012 03:06

  1. Enroll on MA which will include some aspect of Womens/Gender Studies
  2. Stop feeling guilty whenever I spend money on myself
  3. Keep pushing myself to be financially independent
  4. STOP COOKING DINNER EVERY NIGHT

(and breathe)

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kickassangel · 05/01/2012 13:27

Nope. Will pm you later when I'm on a computer

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Victorialucas · 05/01/2012 13:13

Are you kickassangel60?

skrumle · 05/01/2012 11:55
  1. try to use "she" and "her" as default pronouns where the person's sex isn't known
  2. read some feminist books (got germaine greer's the whole woman for christmas, need to add a different one to my birthday list!)
  3. try to be better at building myself up, am due to start looking for a "proper" job this year and really want to find something i enjoy and earn a decent wage doing!
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kickassangel · 04/01/2012 13:59

Victoria let us know when you do number 6 as I would love to friend/follow you

I will also adopt resolution 7 from you

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Victorialucas · 04/01/2012 13:03

Great thread!

  1. Read the classics that I missed the first time around (second sex, female eunuch, sexual politics)
  2. Organise a feminist event
  3. Write a feminist research proposal and gather evidence.
  4. 'convert' one RL friend to feminism
  5. Donate DD's princess Xmas presents to a charity shop
  6. Start feminist Facebook and twitter accounts.
  7. Learn how to discuss feminism IRL without falling out with and alienating people ( this will defiantly be the most difficult)
ForkInTheForeheid · 04/01/2012 09:45

Oh, like this thread.

  1. (not strictly a feminist one) To get onto my MSc course that I've been aiming towards for the past couple of years.
  2. Better educate myself on the importance of feminism in order to:
  3. Challenge sexist (or any bigoted) attitudes when I hear them - I try to do this already but I realise that sometimes I don't have the information to back up my point.
LRDtheFeministDragon · 04/01/2012 09:10

Oh, wow. Busy 2012! Best of luck with yours, I like them.

Purely because it is amusing, my first one will be exactly the same the one I posted on the S&B thread:

  1. I will stop telling myself I need to lose weight before buying any nice clothes, and will instead accept that I am a healthy weight for my height.
  2. I will get the Wifework stuff kicked. One way or another.
  3. I will stop putting myself down in public.
  4. Whenever I can cite a woman instead of a man, I will do so (ongoing project but I need reminding).

Great idea for a thread. Smile

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