Feminists

There are certain factions of feminism that I am just not feeling welcome to participate in. I prefer to stay in the dirt with the radicals and socialists and the elites can do their own thing. I am not terribly educated (some college), but I know enough to know I won't ever give up on being feminist just because it isn't solving every single problem in our culture. However, I am going to do feminism my way, which will be more second-wave than third. As a Gen-Xer, I guess that's to be expected. I see a lot of marginalized (and not so-marginalized) groups piling the expectation upon feminism to be concerned enough to do their activist work FOR them, and worse, reacting with hostility when we ask "why?" I am glad I came up in a time that taught me the value of and ability to differentiate between blogging and actual boots-on-the-ground activism.