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Thanks for not maligning us first and second-wave feminists on your way to other points I agree with. I'd like to think wanting equal rights and protection under the law doesn't make me a blue haired demisexual.

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Jun 16, 2022·edited Jun 16, 2022Author

I actually considered cutting those caveats out for the sake of brevity but I'm glad I kept them in ultimately. The differences in the waves matter for sure.

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My mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother were strong activists for those caveats and I wouldn't describe any of their values as psychotically progressive.

It's important to remember that being absolutist is just as absurd. See also gays and other historically-maligned groups.

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