Ellie Levenson's Feminism Stuff

A. Giggle, accept, and afterwards kiss him on the cheek and say goodbye. After twenty more such evenings he should present you with a diamond ring.

B. Offer to pay half, and when he refuses throw your coffee over him and yell ‘There’s no need for misogyny you bastard’ before storming out.

C. Accept and take a spare pair of knickers and a toothbrush with you in case you decide to go back to his.

 

A. Give him your dad’s phone number and say you think he should have a chat with him first.

B. Say you don’t believe in outdated patriarchal traditions and when he looks upset dump him for being a wimp.

C. Take time out to think about whether this is a future you want, and then do whatever feels right for you.

  

A. Say you don’t really think pink is girly enough and suggest she add glitter and flower stencils to the wish-list and by the way, doesn’t she think she’s old enough to start wearing make-up now?

B. Say you’ve never bought her a pink item in her life, why would you start doing so now, and make a note to send her to a feminist consciousness-raising summer camp this year.

C. Agree, with the condition that she repeats the mantra ‘pink is not only for girls and girls can like colours other than pink’ ten times a day before school.

 

A. Blush furiously and then refuse politely. How would you manage to get home in time to make dinner if you had all that extra work?

B. Say that’s kind but you don’t want to move up the company, you want to run it, and that you’ll be launching a women-only takeover bid at the next AGM.

C. Have a think about it and decide whether this fits in with your general work-life balance before asking for an informal chat about the extra responsibilities and the extra money.

 

A. Say ‘Actually honey, women’s bodies are designed this way in order to bear children. We should be stopping contraception altogether and making a family – that’s all I want in life.’

B. Say ‘Why make the empty gesture, every time I sleep with you the act of penetration feels like a crime against women anyway?’

C. Say yes, but because you don’t trust him to remember you secretly get fitted with a coil as well.

  

A. Think to yourself ‘What nice men’ and return later that day with a tray of homemade lemonade for them.

B. Flip them the finger and then call the Council when you get home and ask that they are given an ASBO.

C. Put your head down and ignore them while tutting to yourself- but secretly you feel flattered.

 

Results

 

Feminism probably isn’t something you have given much thought to in the past. Perhaps you’ve felt alienated by the concept or you think all feminists have to cut their hair short. But you probably are a noughtie girl, because you believe that everybody should be able to make their own choices just as you have made yours. Read on to find out about some of the area in which women make choices every day, and why yours are as valid as anyone else’s.

 

You are definitely a noughtie girl – you are feminist and proud of it. Not only that but you’ve read all the literature and probably set up a women’s group of your very own to discuss the failings of men and society generally. But feminism has changed this millennium – noughtie girls know there’s more than one way to be a feminist, and that wearing pink doesn’t necessarily rule you out. Read on to find out how women in the noughties are changing the face of feminism.

 

You’re a typical noughtie girl already – full of contradictions and determined not to succumb to anyone’s view of feminism other than your own. Read on to see what similarities and difference you have with other noughtie girls, and to find out why your way is the future of feminism.

 

 

You can buy The Noughtie Girl's Guide to Feminism here - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Noughtie-Girls-Guide-Feminism/dp/1851686835