NPR: piece on Feminism survey. 3 out of 4 top-named Feminists are of color

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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It was just broadcast, so the podcast version will be posted here in a bit: Poll Finds 3 Women Of Color As New Face Of Feminism : NPR

The survey polled who was seen as a feminist today. The top four results were:

  1. Michelle Obama
  2. Oprah
  3. Hillary Clinton
  4. Beyoncé

I found it interesting information. I was also tempted to just list first names for all of them ;), but didn’t for no particular reason. I don’t really feel I’m in a position to comment on “what it means” if it in fact “means” anything. Kinda cool that Michelle Obama tops the list. I think of her as about personal dignity in general.

Just thought I would share.

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Beyonce? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!

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umm—this was a Feminism survey?
From the results, it looks to me it was a poll asking “name a woman you have seen a lot on television recently”.
But hey, it’s NPR.
As long as there’s a woman or a minority involved –
it’s an important news story.

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Alpha, Beyonce, Charlie, Delta. They have to use words recognizable by speakers of all languages.

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Not sure what to do with that. I just thought it was interesting. From the article, which is now up at that link to read or listen to:

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The public opinion research firm PerryUndem asked about 1,300 people of different ages, races and genders who they thought the country’s most prominent feminists were.
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Probably because of this proud declaration of feminism at the VMAs in 2014.

If you’re a Beyonce fan, you probably remember that. (I, on the other hand, had to use Google to remember why I associated her with feminism at all.)

I personally would probably have put Emma Watson on that list instead. She’s been in the news again with people trying to discredit her feminism.

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Where’s Elizabeth Warren on that list?

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The only interesting thing to come from this is that “feminist” is now a synonym for “famous”, I never knew that.

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The clickbaitosphere has so many listings of top feminists, I am amazed that nobody could find one in which all four of the top four are women of color. Or any other characteristic you want to select for;.