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October 15, 2004 02:28 PM posted by april : track it (1)

I've been a party to a handful of really heated debates between feminists recently (those of you who belong to the LiveJournal feminist communities probably know what I'm talking about). I was going to ask you all about the usefulness of subcategories of feminism in light of the divisiveness those categories seems to create sometimes, but then a friend posted something a million times more positive.

What she wrote about was her "feminist utopia" - the vision she had of (in this case one specific aspect of) an ideal feminist world. That seems like the perfect thing to come back to periodically, to revisit and revise your own ideas, but also to remember the things we are all working for.

So that's your assignment for this week (or however long it takes you - this could be a very complex question): tell the rest of us about your feminist utopia. You don't need to worry about what's realistic or how to get there (although if you have ideas, by all means share). Just think about it.

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Wow, April, this was a great topic. I needed to write about Matirarchy for my blog anyway, since that always draws discussion, especially from the men, for some reason.

I'm really looking forward to reading everyone's responses. Mine is here.

Posted by: Morgaine Swann on October 17, 2004 10:15 PM |

My feminist utopia is not going to be a matriarchy, but I haven't had time to flesh this out yet. Soon, I hope.

Posted by: house9 on October 19, 2004 08:34 AM |

I've begun to post mine, as a series of blog entries on various topics. The introduction and links (only 4 of my 7 topics are complete): link here.

Posted by: april on October 22, 2004 03:05 PM |