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For the May 28th Craft Night, which sounds more fun (whether or not you can make it): A fun/silly Father's Day craft, or a subversive Flag Day craft?

#s 50-100 of the 5000-question survey

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more survey

I caffeinated so I could get some work done. Now I'm wide awake and done with tonight's work, so here is more survey nonsense, which there is no penalty for skipping. ;-)

( Questions 101-150 )

5,000-question survey, 151-200

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alt friday 5

From the altfriday5:

1. What is your personal idea of what "a feminist" or "feminism" is?

A feminist believes that women are equal to men and should receive the same rights, privileges, and responsibilities as men. (But because the word has a weird history and political spin, I would also say that a person can match my definition of "feminist" and not identify as one.)

2. Do you consider yourself a feminist? Why or why not?

Yes. Because I believe that women are equal to men and should receive the same rights, privileges, and responsibilities as men.

3. Do you believe that men can be feminists? Why or why not?

I am of two minds on this. On the one hand, since feminism is an idea (or set of ideas), of *course*, why *couldn't* a man be a feminist. On the other hand, I am suspicious of men who call themselves feminists, because there's so much else going on around that word that people have some (what I'd call) strange ideas about what it means, and I've found that some men call themselves feminists without a real idea of the value of women or the meaning of what I call feminism. On the third hand, I've met women with the same strange ideas. I will say that the men I respect most around issues of gender politics call themselves "pro-feminist", because they see the difficulty and the potential for co-opting in being a male feminist.

4. What, in your personal view, are the good things that feminism has inspired in the world, if any?

I don't have enough pixels to list them, but if you're a woman and have a job, or your own bank account, your own property, or the right to choose when to have a baby or not, thank a feminist.

5. What, in your personal view, are the bad things that feminism has inspired in the world, if any?

I think every "ism" has the potential for division, feminism not excepted.



The Questioner says: Don't forget your links!

5,000-question survey, 201-250

( Today, I have lots of phone meetings for work, and the rest is downtime, so expect lots of surveys. Again, blame jenhowell. )

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( I'm averaging a medical appointment a week. I'm tired of it, but maybe soon it'll be over. )

I refuse to think too much about how much it's costing me right now.

5,000-question survey, 251-300

( I really am getting other things done today, too, really! )

5,000-question survey, 301-350

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