Better Late Than Never: Carnival of Feminists

We've been bad, bad feminists, because we haven't mentioned that the 29th Carnival of Feminists is up over at the Imponderabilia of Actual Life. One of the selected posts is from our very own Malachi! Congrats, Malachi!

Of particular intersest to me was Shakespeare's Sister's post, Men Are Not Babies:

It took a long time to get there, though, and at one point, Mr. Shakes had said, "You knoo, if you weren't a feminist, this proobably wooldn't even boother you."

I replied, "No, if I weren't a feminist, it would still bother me, but instead of acknowledging that you're an indoctrinated member of a patriarchy just like I am, I'd just think you were being a lousy shithead."

He chewed on that for a moment, and then said, "Fook."

I think it was the first time that Mr. Shakes really understood down to his very bones that feminism is not something women use to find problems, but to address them. Feminism doesn't make me see problems that aren't there, but it certainly helps me find solutions I otherwise might not.