Is it time for a Feminist Manifesto for DU? [View all]

[CTyankee]

I ask this question in this particular Group because of the historic significance of Manifestos. Altho I do not regularly post in this Group, I have been reading the ongoing discussion about HH on Meta and I am struck by the deep chasm of ignorance about the true nature of misogyny here. Many feminists have attempted to do something like this in individual posts, but would it be a bad thing to put together a Manifesto or is that a thing of the past?

I'm just an old Feminist (former staffer at Planned Parenthood state headquarters here in CT and also a former staffer for a feminist women's clinic in New Haven). If this is an outdated idea, let me know.

But I think that, while we may have lots of people calling themselves feminists here would object, we could nevertheless put our views in a document. I realize the difficulty inherent in composing such a document since I'm seeing some shockingly ignorant and insensitive posts in recent days and I ask myself "What is wrong with people? Don't they remember the old days when we fought tooth and nail for reproductive rights and decent treatment of women and girls?"

I have 3 granddaughters and I am seriously worried about their future. But perhaps they will have to fight these wars again and again. I had wished this would not be so...