i hope younger feminists recapture some of that diy, do it yourself spirit. It's very hard to address domestic violence inn either partner in our isolation. We don't actually have a lot of solutions for people who are suffering moderate level constant domestic violence over several years. There's a time in feminism when there is no boundaries and everybody does it whatever they're doing. And i'm not one of those feminists - i've always felt the pressure to distance myself from that kind of thing.
Helen Lewis argues that feminism's success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern search for feel-good, inspirational heroines.
It's time to reclaim the history of feminism as a history of difficult women.
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