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- noun
radical feminist
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Examples
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I originally thought it would be my final post to the blog, but – as well as some quite personal thoughts – it contains a couple of things that would quite likely enrage certain radfem trolls.
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What this means is that when conversations happen about sex work in radfem circles, only some women have their voices validated, and even then this validation occurs in the context that she’s actually providing the correct (to radfem sensibilities) narrative regarding her own experiences.
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In all honesty I hate the idea of radfem only threads.
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In all honesty I hate the idea of radfem only threads.
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Not all discussions online are feminist-based, like news stories, but I agree with you about the radfem positions on most sex worker-related articles.
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I was re-reading this post by bfp from December 2006, and in comments, bfp, Yolanda, and blackamazon point out the racialized nature of radfem transphobia – transphobic radfems are almost exclusively white.
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And the low point was being sideswiped by a toxic radfem in a spiteful little post which really served only to further inflame the anti-trans blog war that was raging.
Trans 101 2008
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I was re-reading this post by bfp from December 2006, and in comments, bfp, Yolanda, and blackamazon point out the racialized nature of radfem transphobia – transphobic radfems are almost exclusively white.
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One well-known radfem uses a quote from Dworkin on her blog, to let it be known she is a "take no prisoners" sorta gal.
Andrea Dworkin On Transgender Renee 2009
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Anyway, i hope i didn't sound too much like a disapproving radfem-type there.
If you hate Uke's, then you hate me: disgusting, stereotypical, submissive femme I am. Elizabeth McClung 2009
vmarinelli commented on the word radfem
In the plural form "radfems," a term of endearment or abuse (depending on one's politics) for those who identify with radical feminism.
February 6, 2007