She's Beautiful When She's Angry Page #11

Before the women's

movement, I had my own work.

I knew I wasn't going to live

a traditional woman's life.

I felt that I probably

wasn't going to have children.

And ultimately, I did have my daughter.

And I think were it not for feminism,

I don't think I could have done that.

WOMAN:
Right after I got out of college,

it was November 2006.

My mother passed away.

I got all of these letters and e-mails

from her friends and her colleagues,

all of the feminists that started

the women's liberation movement.

And I started to realize that even though

I was down with the word "feminism,"

I didn't really know what it

meant to me and to our generation.

I think the sexism that we experience

is a little more insidious and

it's harder to point out and say,

"See. See. That's sexism."

But I know a lot of young

kick-ass feminists out there.

They're blogging, they're out in

the streets, they're organizing.

What do you do when you're under

attack? Stand up, fight back!

What do you do when you're under

attack? Stand up, fight back!

WOMAN:
The problem is rapists,

and we need to address the problem!

And let me give you a

hint. It's not our clothes.

- It's not.

- (cheering)

NONA WILLIS:
There's this

new movement called slut walk

that has now swept 70 different cities.

And it was started by a young woman who

heard a cop say about a woman who was raped,

"Well, she was asking for it.

She was dressed like a slut."

Believe it or not, people are

assaulted regardless of what they wear.

Some people who get raped are in burkas.

NYPD, rape is a felony!

We created a revolution that we

are still debating in our society.

We're still arguing over many issues

that women raised 40 years ago,

like abortion, like child care.

We still don't have any child care.

ARCANA:
In terms of reproductive

health, reproductive justice,

we've gone backward in a big way.

WOMEN (chanting): We

must decide their fate!

Not the church, not the state!

Women must decide their fate!

Not the church, not the state!

Women must decide their fate!

If we can have order in the chamber,

so that the members can

properly cast their vote...

Not the church, not the state!

The bitter lesson is that

no victories are permanent.

All our rights are like that.

They're only as good as we maintain them.

This fight is not over.

This fight is not over.

I'm seriously disheartened

by the current situation,

but at the same time, I'm angry.

And one of the things

I learned decades ago...

When we're that angry

about something that bad,

we take action against it.

COLLINS:
I want people to

know that if they organize,

they can actually make

really profound change.

So that all women may be free!

You can't convince me that you can't

change the world, because I saw it happen.

Freedom!

SHULMAN:
But this is a moving target.

Freedom is something

that is over the horizon,

and you can't stop sailing toward it

just because you don't reach it.

You just keep going,

and every generation has another

opportunity to take it further.

We're black, we're proud! We're

feminists! We will be loud!

Show me what a feminist looks like!

This is what a feminist looks like!

This is what a feminist looks like!

Show me what a feminist looks like!

This is what a feminist looks like!

This is what a feminist looks like!

This is what a feminist looks like!

WOMEN:
Hurricane

Hurricane

Hurricane

She's a hurricane

Oh

She comes down

to ride around

Hide your mother

when she's in town

She comes down

to ride around

And blow you away

She comes down

to ride around

Hide your mother

when she's in town

She comes down to ride

around and blow you away

But you come running back

You come running back

You come running for more

You come running back

You come running back

You come running for more

Hurricane

Hurricane

Hurricane

Hurricane

Oh

She comes down

to ride around

Hide your mother

when she's in town

She comes down to ride

around and blow you away

She comes down

to ride around

Hide your mother

when she's in town

She comes down to ride

around and blow you away

But you come running back

You come running back

You come running for more

You come running back

You come running back

You come running for more

You come running back

You come running back

You come running for more

You come running back

You come running for more

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