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Women's Suffrage and How Far We Have Left to Go...
Today has been an interesting day for feminism. It happens to be the 90th anniversary of the passage of the19th Amendment, which gave women in the United State the right to vote.
Figure 1: And now, 90 years later, we have the ability to celebrate this milestone with the same technology that brings you your daily LOLcat. Look at how far we've come, ladies.
On this day, when we should be celebrating and giving thanks for the accomplishments of our sisters who came before us, Sarah Palin is spouting the crazy by tweeting:
Who hijacked term:"feminist"?A cackle of rads who want 2 crucify other women w/whom they disagree on a singular issue; it's ironic (& passé)
I am not exactly sure what a cackle of rads is, but I have done some brainstorming...
Figure 2: A cackle of rads?
While I usually find the former governor to be an endless source of amusement, I also find myself dismayed by the fact that this is not the first time I have heard this interpretation of feminism. The idea that feminists are the ones who make other women feel guilty for choosing to...whatever. I a...
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