What's Wrong with Feminism? by WIAprojects Associate Director, Mary Wight
On March of 2012, I was at the Women's Centre at OISE. Jamie and I got into a conversation about the difficulties she faced in getting women to write articles about being a feminist in the ongoing Anthology of "Why I Became A Feminist?" We spoke further about the apparent spilt in the movement. I promised Jamie I would talk to some women I know about the subject, including my oldest daughter. Everyone I approached said no, they did not want to write about feminism or had no interest in what it has become or stands for now. I was surprised at their response and had to reflect on what was wrong with Feminism? To answer this question, I thought back on two events. The first was on November 3, 2011, when I went to the Scarborough Campus of the University of Toronto to listen to a WIAprojects talk about "South Asians in the Arts: Diaspora, Alliances and Collaborations Across Communities" . What I learned and heard from that talk resonated wit
