Last week, as I was packing up my books after my Women’s Literature class, a female student stayed behind to visit. She’s a particularly bright, engaged student who makes thoughtful comments in class and often stays behind to ask questions and talk about her many writing and research projects. As we stood in the hallway, she mentioned that she enjoys the class because she can learn about the “feminist” perspective from students in the class. I admit that I was taken aback by her comments-I hadn’t heard anything overtly feminist from any student, and I had (wrongly) assumed that this accomplished young student would naturally assume the label of feminist.
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