Alanis Essay on Feminism…Here is a link to Alanis Morissette latest essay, this one is on feminism, I would comment on how well written it is but I don’t expect anything less from her, she makes some great points.

http://www.spinner.com/2010/04/21/alanis-morissette-feminism-essay. Alanis Essay on Feminism…Here is a link to Alanis Morissette latest essay, this one is on feminism, I would comment on how well written it is but I don’t expect anything less from her, she makes some great points."
I especially love this point(2) "I was crestfallen to see that even this exchange was subject to the very thing that I believe disempowers us as women and men alike: our viewing this movement in an overly personal and proprietary way. And that the very qualities that created the need for the feminist call to arms to begin with -- separatism, competition, ego, etc. -- were being exhibited within the very movement itself! Ah! Real irony!"

The sentiment in the above quote one reason why I had personally pull away from that movement or being called a feminist, the all about me and what I did for you does not sit well with me when people assume you are not appreciative .. it is difficult to toot someone’s horn when they are already tooting it very loud..

I just want to add that most of the women I admire were feminists a long time before the Gloria Steinem era mentioned, so to the lady she mentioned in the article, I support Alanis in saying that we should celebrate everyone women who as stood up and fought for women’s right; I want to give a personal shout out to all those women past, and present who are not afraid to seek out opportunities that allows them to be their authentic self, women who are not afraid to speak against injustice, and women who support other women in their right to make a contribution to the world as they seem fit, not as others demands.

Bon Chance!