Zooey Deschanel declares her feminism - so she has of late, discovered she is indeed a woman.

Good for you Zooey!  You have finally discovered your inner kitty catness and decided you are truly a woman. Whew- I was worried that you thought you were a boy.
Seriously, loved this woman in "The Good Girl" indie flick with Jennifer Anniston (Zooey stole the film as a kooky cashier) but constantly playing kooky characters and being a kooky zany musician is fine with me, as long as one finally realizes which gender they belong to. In fact, I love her older sister even more,as the strong and central main character on "Bones" (the only reason I've missed cable tv for the past 3 years).

Good on you, Holly Go Sprightly, for continuing to spread your pixie dust and false eyelashes on our dear womanland and joining our cause. You rose from the nothing but a privileged Hollywood family (her parents are well known but that's ok so is Jenna Bush's) and found your fairy wings and black dyed hair just in time to save the fairer gender from destruction. Sigh- i was truly worried.

It is a bother to me, for some reason, whenever a celebrity declares that they are a "feminist". As it should.Yes they have every right to speak their mind as much as a private citizen, but often it feels like they are saving us...it feels arrogant and gimicky. And because celebs do everything with the filter of a p.r. person and manager, we never really know what their true intent is.

Also- I have always been on the fence about what the general public thinks of the word "feminist" and how it is used. This word is bandied about like a soccer ball. I know what it means to myself, and it is positive for me. However, it is used often as a dividing line, a battle cry or an antangonistic ploy by those with an agenda or personal fight.

It is a complicated issue, it is a totem held up by many for many different reasons. It is too much to cover in one simple post. I have seen people (mostly women) get upset, crazy and angry over the use of the word, over the fact that someone disagrees on what it means, and so on. It is indeed, a lightning rod still.

Words...Zooey...Celebrity Causes...Bangs....and on we go into the weekend.

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Zooey Deschanel declares her feminism