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Anyone who comes too close to my desk during deadline exposes themselves to my penchant for lobbing F-bombs over the walls of my cubicle. Trucker-mouth tendencies aside, it’s time again for me to remind y’all that my other favorite F-word, feminism, is NOT an epithet. 

Part of our mission at skirt! is to fight the stereotype of “radical hysteria” that the Rush Limbaughs of the culture use to distract us from the unfortunate truth that women’s rights still need our attention. As Americans, most of us enjoy equal opportunities as well as the right to wear really hot shoes wherever and whenever we like, but in other places near and far, women are still denied education and healthcare; governments stand by while rape is used as a weapon.

Feminism was once described as the radical notion that women are people, and nothing elicits from me more F-words (the kind that would make your mama wash your mouth out with soap) than hearing that it belongs to the domain of man-hating Amazons, or worse, is no longer relevant.

Whatever your gender, I say to those wishing for a peaceful planet, who value humanity over insanity, who care deeply about social justice for all: We are all feminists now. 

~ jessica leigh

jessica.leigh@skirt.com