Spelling Megan with a Y

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In February 2005 I was 21, recently dumped, and living in a new city where I knew exactly one other person. It was depressing. To cheer myself up one night I got very drunk at a Le Tigre show and, several whiskeys later, I sort of wanted to marry the band. So much so that I sent my best friend in Arizona this text:

“Kathleen Hannah makes me want to spell woman with a y.”

My friend minored in women’s studies. She liked my joke. After while it became part of the fabric of our friendship.

Now, I’ll admit, I never took a woman’s studies class. But in the three years since that text message and the start of this blog, I’ve done a lot of thinking about women (and womyn) and my place as one. I started wondering if I was a bad feminist because I like to wear heels and my boyfriend makes me happy and I believe in the vaginal orgasim.

I was actually very worried about it for a while. Until my same Le Tigre loving, woman studying friend told me, “As for being a ‘bad feminist,’ I’m not sure if that is even possible. Feminism is a huuuge umbrella term that includes schools of thought from the most conservative to the most liberal perspectives.”

Whew. So, I’m not a “bad feminist.” And this will not be a bad, feminist blog. In fact, I doubt I’ll really write much about the f-word at all, though pretty much everything I write will certainly be informed by it. Just thought you might be wondering.

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