Author: Amelia Shore
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Book – White Feminism by Koa Beck
This book is my opening gambit, my ‘must read’ text as part of my feminist re-education because I am white, cis gendered, feminist-identified and middle-class. From these basic facts, I know that unless I understand my own positionality, I will never be able to learn more than superficially about feminism. Reading this book is part… Read more
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Who am I?
I am a 50 year old woman who has rediscovered feminism both through her (now adult) children and a difficult divorce. I am a strong, kick-ass, almost fearless woman who once thought of herself as a clear and present, dangerous feminist. However a lifetime of patriarchal conditioning, and a half-lifetime of traditional marriage and motherhood,… Read more
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Surely I’m a feminist?
I am a feminist. I am a woman so of course I am. I always have been. Haven’t I? Standing for all that I believed a strong woman stands for, I have never questioned that I stand strong for women. Over my 50 years on this earth I have strided. I have forged. I have… Read more