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athena's JournalI disagree with that stance.
This is my personal opinion. Just as I believe that the vegan movement's refusal to accept people who are 90% or 99% vegan is a mistake and hurts the cause of improving animals' lives, I believe the refusal of certain feminists to accept men as feminists hurts the cause of achieving true equality for women. (I'm not implying any sort of equivalence there; I am a vegetarian and a feminist, and it just so happens that the vegan movement is much more purist than the feminist movement.)
These are just labels. What matters is actions. If a man is fighting to make the world a more equal place for women, then he is a feminist, period. I don't see how it helps matters to refuse men the use of the "feminist" label. The goal should be to move toward a world that is 100% feminist -- not a world in which a select group of people get to apply a label to themselves that makes them feel superior to others. That is my opinion as a feminist.
I wish
we, as a society, had rallied around her back then to challenge the idea that a woman is beautiful only if she is thin. Alicia Machado is and has always been a beautiful woman. Nothing -- not even time -- will change that.
This was my favorite part of the debate.
This is where HRC looked most presidential. This is where she made it crystal clear that electing the joke on her right as president would be extremely dangerous for the health of this country. He's doing enough damage to our international relations as a candidate; it would be pure folly to let him get any closer to the presidency.
Here is another way in which Trump has been hurting America's interests in the Middle East by fueling the conspiracy theories that are popular over there:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/opinion/how-do-trumps-conspiracy-theories-go-over-in-the-middle-east-dangerously.html
Enter Donald J. Trump. Last week, Mr. Trump repeatedly claimed that President Obama is “the founder of ISIS.” Even when a sympathetic conservative radio host offered Mr. Trump a chance to backtrack from his ridiculous claim and instead blame the Obama administration’s policies for the Islamic State’s rise, the Republican candidate doubled down: “No, I meant he’s the founder of ISIS. I do.” (The next day, Mr. Trump belatedly took to Twitter to plead sarcasm.)
This will most likely fade from the news cycle as Mr. Trump moves on and the next controversy arises. But these misleading words will reverberate far beyond America’s shores for years to come, and there will be serious implications for American foreign policy.
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Not long ago, when America’s overseas enemies and critics wanted to mislead their publics to believe that the American government was in cahoots with terrorists like the Islamic State or Al Qaeda, they had to look to the United States’ political fringe for confirmation of their own conspiracy theories. Now, thanks to Mr. Trump, America’s enemies can simply run the videotape of a major party’s nominee for president.
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-obama-clinton-isis-2016-8
And a recent survey found that 81% of Syrians and 85% of Iraqis think the US created ISIS. Another recent survey found that 93% of Iraqis view the US as an enemy of their country.
Despite the US military drawdown in Iraq, the country is still a crucial ally in the fight against terrorism. A US presidential candidate seemingly legitimizing conspiracy theorists further undermines any authority America has left in the Middle East.
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