Iām getting fed up with this whole āfeminism as an identityā thing. Time for āfeminism as an action.ā
So instead of asking ācan a feminist do x?ā ask āis doing x a feminist action!ā
Can a feminist take her husbandās last name? Mu. Null. Question un-valid, please un-ask question.
Is taking your husbandās last name a feminist action? No it isnāt. It doesnāt challenge the patriarchy in anyway, it is the status quo thing to do, it is what is expected of women, and it carries a lot of historical baggage about ownership and shit like that.
But thatās okay, your life choices donāt have to be 100% dictated by your politics unless you want them to. And itās okay to really want to take his name while recognizing that you also want to do the feminist thing and keep your own, and itās okay to feel conflicted and have a hard time making the choice. But no more of this enabling āas long as I made the choice myself it is a feminist choiceā -bullshit. Own your choices, even the ones that arenāt informed by your feminist politics. You are still a human being and people do shit that contradicts their politics and even interests all the time. Just stop pretending that everything you do is feminist because you are a feminist, thatās not how it works.
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