Yes! This! A Million Times Yes!

Today's suggested reading is Feminism 101 brought to you by Mellisa McEwan at Shakesville.   This one is long and serves as a consolidation of topics covered so beautifully in her many posts.  Bookmark it and read it all eventually.  I am not sure I have fully absorbed all that this has to offer, but it elicits in me an almost visceral response of "Yes, this is exactly what I have been trying to say."

High points that I feel must be looked at include, but are certainly not limited to:

• On What Angry Men Can Learn From Girls and Queers- I think this so well articulates why change is hard.  It is hard because those most often in positions of power are there because their lives (male, white, affluent, Christian, straight, etc.) fit the rules of normalcy.  Why would you be interested in change or even aware that there needs to be change?
• On the Fundamental Difference Between the Anti- and Pro-Choice Positions- This is exactly it.  You are only as entitled to your rights as the next person. That is the bit that extreme conservatives seem to conveniently omit. 

and my very favorite because you know this is my ax to grind in a huge way:

• On Projection and Homophobia- This one put into words exactly what I was trying to get at when I wrote this post.  There is a line in this one that sums it all up so perfectly, you will know it when you see it, believe me.

There is so much more, but check it out and when you are feeling appropriately fired up, come back and tell me what you liked, or didn't.