Film at 11

More feminism responses

Gentle reader and erstwhile student Emily writes:

"The only "retort" to the feminist/lesbian comment I can think of is a flip-side one: are all masculinists (is that a word? non-feminists? whatever.) gay? And I'm not sure that's culturally sensitive. On a
tangent, though, I read an article about feminism last year for class that made an interesting point: the author explained that she tells people she
"advocates feminism" instead of saying she "is a feminist" because people don't make the same assumptions. In fact, they frequently respond with, "What does that mean?" Which gives her at least a chance to "defend" her position."

Rock on, Third Wavers. (Wait, maybe that's me. Does Fourth Wave feminism exist yet? Generation X is as the grass, and its people as the flower of grass. . . )

In other politically incorrect news, an ESL student actually made her eyes all slanty by pulling them back with her fingers when I pressed her to explain how she knew that the person she was discussing was Chinese. I hadn't seen anyone do that since my second grade class made fun of Andy Yoon, the only Korean kid in the school. Mike had never seen anyone do that. Clearly, homeschoolers don't have to deal with playground taunts, at least, not when they are much bigger than their three younger sibilings. Of course, I also had to explain the concept of "dodgeball" to Mike. Do you suppose he knows how to play four square?