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I'm really pleased by your answer and honesty.
I am reading Cat's Eye, and I just listened to the part where the journalist asks the main character if she was a
feminist!
Very odd answer.
Off course the label feminist is fluid, evolving, and relative. A very easy solution is to define what it means to you and then go ahead and answer it.
That’s such an interesting question especially in the context of books, because so many stories explore power, roles, and identity without always calling it “feminism.”
I think at its core, feminism is just about fairness—so if a character (or person) believes in equal opportunities and respect regardless of gender, that already says a lot. What’s more interesting to me is how that belief actually shows up in actions, not just words.
And honestly, if everyone truly believed in gender equality not just theoretically, but in how they live day-to-day it would probably reshape a lot of the conflicts we see in both fiction and real life. Power dynamics would shift, certain struggles wouldn’t exist in the same way, and we’d likely get very different kinds of stories.
Makes me wonder though would that make stories less tense, or just… different in what they focus on? 🤔
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I am reading Cat's Eye, and I just listened to the part where the journalist asks the main character if she was afeminist!
Very odd answer. Off course the label feminist is fluid, evolving, and relative. A very easy solution is to define what it means to you and then go ahead and answer it.
That’s such an interesting question especially in the context of books, because so many stories explore power, roles, and identity without always calling it “feminism.”I think at its core, feminism is just about fairness—so if a character (or person) believes in equal opportunities and respect regardless of gender, that already says a lot. What’s more interesting to me is how that belief actually shows up in actions, not just words.
And honestly, if everyone truly believed in gender equality not just theoretically, but in how they live day-to-day it would probably reshape a lot of the conflicts we see in both fiction and real life. Power dynamics would shift, certain struggles wouldn’t exist in the same way, and we’d likely get very different kinds of stories.
Makes me wonder though would that make stories less tense, or just… different in what they focus on? 🤔
