A Little F'd Up: Why Feminism Is Not a Dirty Word
Julie Zeilinger
Language: English
Pages: 272
ISBN: 1580053718
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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FBomb blog creator Julie Zeilinger debunks these (and other) myths about modern youth in A Little F’d Up, the first book about feminism for young women in their teens and twenties to actually be written by one of their peers. In this accessible handbook, Zeilinger takes a critical, honest, and humorous look at where young feminists are as a generation, and where they’re going—and she does so from the perspective of someone who’s in the trenches right alongside her readers.
Fun, funny, and engaging, A Little F’d Up is a must-read for the growing number of intelligent, informed young women out there who are ready to start finding their voice—and changing the world.
knows this. Girls don’t always look at other girls and see them as “one of their own.” This is probably because half the world is women. Yes, gender divides the world in half, and gender is a huge source of half the world’s oppression. But unlike members of most oppressed groups, who tend to stick together, we women don’t utilize our commonality to bond with every other member of our gender. We instead form groups based on an array of other factors. Second-wave feminism sought to change this
existence; it pertained to their social existence as well. Women were largely excluded from the public sphere and confined to the private (read: domestic) sphere—cooking, cleaning, raising the kids, the whole shebang. This meant they were excluded from public debate about the issues that most affected their lives. Women were like “WTF?” and realized that it was time to get the heck out of their jails houses and do some work out there in the real world. The slogan “The Personal Is Political”
CYBERASSHOLES AND THE DUCK FACE HARNESSING THE GOOD, DISCARDING THE BAD AND THE UGLY PART FIVE - GLOBAL MISOGYNY: SEX TRAFFICKING FEMALE FETICIDE AND INFANTICIDE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION HONOR CRIMES GETTING INVOLVED: WHERE ACTIVISM MEETS IMPERIALISM PART SIX - FEMINISM: TEENAGE PROBLEM #1: GIRLS WITH FANGS TEENAGE PROBLEM #2: HATING YOUR BODY TEENAGE PROBLEM #3: THE CONFUSING WORLD OF HOOKING UP AND DATING FEMINISM HELPED ME, AND IT CAN HELP YOU TOO
sisterhood that got us through.... What I hope I’m able to do today, with the things I write and say, is just to demonstrate that there’s great power in working together with your allies, and particular strength and power in working together with your sisters. Today Feldt teaches “Women, Power, and Leadership” at Arizona State University and serves on the board of the Women’s Media Center. Her recent book, No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power, reveals why women still
Finneus (in the kind of synchronization that never actually happens): NO!!!! The next day—the day of The Big Game—Finneus refuses to talk to Bartleby. He’s still pissed off. While he never explicitly told Bartleby about his crush on Hester, he suspects Bartleby has known ever since that time he forced Bartleby to teach him how to play chess, then suggested they do some volunteer work, maybe serve some soup. 2. Rising Action (or The Great Bromantic Freeze-Out) Scene: The locker room.