#i also read a paper earlier this week about how feminists weren’t really fighting for equality in the way we think of it. like. some were
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i hate doing the readings for this class they make me so upset
#emyrs.txt#‘above all else our politics initially sprang from the shared belief that Black women are inherently valuable—that our liberation is a#necessity not as an adjunct to somebody else’s but because of our need as human persons for autonomy.’#LIKE!#THIS WAS THE 70S‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️#also the fact that the combahee river collective + NBFO had to be formed explicity bc of the racism of the feminist movement AND the sexism#of the civil rights movement is so deeply upsetting it turns right back around to being funny. like. yeah. ofc what else did we expect.#i also read a paper earlier this week about how feminists weren’t really fighting for equality in the way we think of it. like. some were#obviously. but the mainstream movement wanted. like. to have access to ‘masculine’ things (like management jobs and sports and being allowed#to wear pants) but they wanted to do those things and not be labeled masculine.#here let me pull up the quote: the argument was not that women had the right to masculinity—but rather that such activities were not#intrinsically masculine—and i. any case women could do them and still be feminine#so i think the same thing applies to. why the CRC and NBFO had to formed.#ANYWAYS.#whenever i use an em dash. it’s bc i can’t use commas. btw.
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