Has anybody read the article on "Faminist Theory" in the NY Observer last week? (http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/faminist-theory). The term, coined by Irina Aleksander, has created quite a buzz. Readers were not only confused by the intent of the article, and therefore by the meaning of this new phrase, but were even enraged by it. As I see it, "faminism" is not regressive, turning the clocks back on feminism and telling women that they should focus solely on motherhood and family. Rather, similar to the stories in my upcoming book, "I'm No Superwoman," "faminism" is about embracing family/motherhood as an integral part of feminism. While motherhood has come to describe a good chunk of my identity and day-to-day reality, I still have ambitions, goals and responsibilities outside of motherhood.
It IS possible to be a mother and a feminist.
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