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	<title>Comments on: Link Category Mess</title>
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		<title>By: bellatrys</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-29_398#comment-2405</link>
		<dc:creator>bellatrys</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Unless you're interested in being The Arbiter for the subsequent dialectic-war over hammering out the philosophical definition of "sex-positive" and "radical" - ie painting the world's biggest target on your blog and shouting "Flamewar Here!" - I would recommend against it. 

For one thing, there are incompatible definitions of "sex-positive" out there.

For another thing, there are incompatible definitions of "radical feminism." (Thus the genesis of my humorous avatar showing the square root sign over the alchemical symbol for woman: by some people's definitions I am one, by others I am not at all. A rose by any other name still has thorns...)

For a third, many people self-identify as both.

A more useful breakdown might be by major fields of interest, or countries/regions of origin: I'm always interested in reading what's going on in other countries and compare/contrast to my own, and sometimes I'll be reading someone for a while and then realize that they're in England or Canada or Taiwan and that changes everything a little and opens up new fields for discussion - what are the rules &#38; customs where YOU are? How is the experience of being an ethnic minority different? Of being a fan? as well as of being a feminist? 

Feminists-with-children might be another useful category - but as always, all categories overlap. But since the rightwing insists that happily-partnered and parenting feminist women don't exist, (just as they insist that all male feminists are merely pretending so as to get nookie) this would be a useful tool for instruction as well as a way of increasing solidarity.

Just a few thoughts...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unless you&#8217;re interested in being The Arbiter for the subsequent dialectic-war over hammering out the philosophical definition of &#8220;sex-positive&#8221; and &#8220;radical&#8221; - ie painting the world&#8217;s biggest target on your blog and shouting &#8220;Flamewar Here!&#8221; - I would recommend against it. </p>
<p>For one thing, there are incompatible definitions of &#8220;sex-positive&#8221; out there.</p>
<p>For another thing, there are incompatible definitions of &#8220;radical feminism.&#8221; (Thus the genesis of my humorous avatar showing the square root sign over the alchemical symbol for woman: by some people&#8217;s definitions I am one, by others I am not at all. A rose by any other name still has thorns&#8230;)</p>
<p>For a third, many people self-identify as both.</p>
<p>A more useful breakdown might be by major fields of interest, or countries/regions of origin: I&#8217;m always interested in reading what&#8217;s going on in other countries and compare/contrast to my own, and sometimes I&#8217;ll be reading someone for a while and then realize that they&#8217;re in England or Canada or Taiwan and that changes everything a little and opens up new fields for discussion - what are the rules &amp; customs where YOU are? How is the experience of being an ethnic minority different? Of being a fan? as well as of being a feminist? </p>
<p>Feminists-with-children might be another useful category - but as always, all categories overlap. But since the rightwing insists that happily-partnered and parenting feminist women don&#8217;t exist, (just as they insist that all male feminists are merely pretending so as to get nookie) this would be a useful tool for instruction as well as a way of increasing solidarity.</p>
<p>Just a few thoughts&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: air</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2006-09-29_398#comment-2403</link>
		<dc:creator>air</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Unfortunately, I have no advice to offer, but I did want to thank you for putting &lt;a&gt;me&lt;/a&gt; on your blogroll.  You guys are great; I love what you write.

air</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately, I have no advice to offer, but I did want to thank you for putting <a>me</a> on your blogroll.  You guys are great; I love what you write.</p>
<p>air</p>
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