This Cinco de Mayo was spent eating delicious Mexican inspired food with friends from work and talking about interesting topics including (but not limited to by any stretch): how we each view feminism, the Third Wave Foundation, and the US Social Forum.
It was interesting to learn how the different generations represented learned and felt about the word "feminism". My generation, Generation X, had differing opinions but, most of us shared the sentiment that it has a bad connotation based on how the generations before ours used the term. Those folks that are part of the Millenial Generation had a different view, not necessarily seeing it as "bad" but not representative of the multi-layered issue of gender that is impacted by race, class and sexual orientation among other things.
It's been awhile since I've spent hours discussing ideas and ideals like that. Truly a great way to spend the Cinco de Mayo holiday!
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