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| Subject: NZ: The rise of high school feminazism Mon May 04, 2015 12:29 am | |
| For the first time in decades, feminism is firmly on the agenda for a growing number of teenagers. Meet the high school students championing the cause, and find out what sparked the shift.
The 11.20 bell marks the start of morning tea, and as hundreds of students stream out of classrooms into the sun, a group of 15 convenes in room D11.
At the door is a quote from American televangelist Pat Robertson: "Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practise witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."
The quote is there ironically, of course. The teenagers congregating in D11 are members of Auckland's Western Springs College Young Feminists Club, who are here for an informal focus group. They're a bonfire – light the kindling with a question, and seconds later they're ablaze with chatter.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/life/68153551/The-rise-of-high-school-feminism |
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