Talk:Wendy McElroy

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I (Bill Bell) wrote to McElroy about the question of her nationality and the following is the record of the transaction.

Thanks for giving me a link Bill. I am, indeed, Canadian -- a fact by birth and by residence, which I do not mind being publicized. Cheers, mac

At 01:06 PM 8/18/03 -0400, you wrote: > > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Wikipedia: your attitude toward your own nationality >Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:32:57 -0400 >From: Bill Bell <bill-bell@bill-bell.hamilton.on.ca> >Reply-To: bill-bell@bill-bell.hamilton.on.ca >Organization: Bill Bell >To: Wendy McElroy <admin@ifeminists.net> > > >Hello, Wendy: > >A few days ago I added a link to ifeminists.net from the article about you on >wikipedia >at http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_McElroy. Since then someone has indicated >in the article that you are an American. I'm pretty sure that you live in >Canada, and >have done for quite some time. > >I hope you are not offended by this intrusion into your private life: would >you mind >indicating your nationality, or, if you prefer, your attitude toward >associating oneself >with a nation. I would also appreciate if you could let me know whether you would >allow your response to be mentioned in the wikipedia article. > >All the best. I really appreciate your efforts. > >Bill > > > > > Visit my home page and blog at <http://www.zetetics.com/mac> drop by ifeminists.com <http://www.ifeminists.com> For photo (05/02/02) <http://www.zetetics.com/mac/vesuvio.jpg>


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Wendy McElroy is an Individualist Feminist, a new group who (amongst other things) argue for traditional female and male roles. iFeminists are considered anti-feminist by other feminists, and Wendy McElroy is well known for her attacks on the feminist movement.

I removed this paragraph after attempting to edit it to a more NPOV status because I don't think it is providing factual information. While the Ifeminism that McElroy associates herself with is very problematic and certainly poses itself in opposition to mainstream feminism, I don't think it is true to say that it argues for traditional female and male roles per se. Further, not all feminists consider ifeminists anti-feminist, and while McElroy does heap a great deal of abuse on other feminists I think there needs to be more delineation on exactly which feminists she attacks. Perhaps it would be more fruitful to create a criticism section explaining the view of many feminists that Ifeminism is not a form of feminism but rather a counter-feminist movement whose relation to feminism is something akin to, say, the anarcho-capitalist relation to anarchism (another ideology that McElroy advocates) and thus express their concern that ifeminism is subverting actual feminist values. Kev 15:37, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Great job Sam, you just reinserted a dubious edit and made the text redundant to boot. On a bit of a crusade, are we? Kev 22:07, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] column on fox news

Can someone provide a link to her column on fox news? It is mentioned, but not provided. Two-Bit Sprite 18:41, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure that they still publish her. I was talking to her last month. I should have asked her. I also took some pictures that I may put up here. I hope she doesn't care. I don't see many recent pictures of her on the web. But she did see me taking them of her. --Kalmia 06:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
I found the link and put it up. --Kalmia 07:44, 26 November 2006 (UTC)