It's just one. But it's a good one. A damn good one. Especially in light of our recent USSC nominee.

If Women Ruled The World, Nothing Would Be Different, by Lisa Jervis

The biggest problem with American feminism today is its obsession with women.

Yes, you heard me: It’s time for those of us who care deeply about eliminating sexism within the context of social justice struggles to stop caring so damn much about what women, as a group, are doing. Because a useful, idealistic, transformative progressive feminism is not about women. It’s about gender, and all the legal and cultural rules that govern it, and power—who has it and what they do with it.

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I was warned of femmenism by one professor during my undergrad years. She told us how she use to vote just for the women when she didn't know anything else in races like county commissioner, water commissioner, etc. Then she voted for some woman who turned out to be a horrible person - anti-feminist, racist, etc. I listened, but truthfully, I often vote for the female name when I don't know what else to do. That or the Latino-sounding name. Lisa Jervis' piece makes it perfectly clear that we can no longer go thru life like that. We need to do more than just hope for more women. We need more feminists.

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