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Too many women are afraid to be labeled feminists, afraid to stand up and say, __es, I am a feminist,_ for fear of what that label means, for fear of how to live up to it, for fear of feminism as something essential, for fear of the punishments__oth obvious and indirect__hat come with openly owning feminism or doing feminism wrong.
Roxane Gay Bad Feminist
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Too many women are afraid to be labeled feminists, afraid to stand up and say, __es, I am a feminist,_ for fear of what that label means, for fear of how to live up to it, for fear of feminism as something essential, for fear of the punishments__oth obvious and indirect__hat come with openly owning feminism or doing feminism wrong.
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Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

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