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Q: Why do little girls come to a feminist website to ask how to shave their legs, what bikini to wear, or how to impress their boyfriend? And why do you humour them?! I do not mean to criticise - I am simply fascinated by the whole thing!
You're not required to have the Good Of The Movement in the front of your head for every decision just to be a feminist. Yes, a truly empowered woman wouldn't care about bikinis or leg-shaving or maybe even impressing boyfriends, but under the "let's get real" category I take what I can get. At least they're reading my website. Yes, it bugs me that young girls are so concerned with boyfriends, but I was 14 too once and it's tough to repress that deep-down urge to just fit in. As long as the seeds for feminism are there I've grown to be happy with just that.

You have REALLY GOOD advice, and I really, REALLY agree with you!!:)

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I've been in the advice column over five years now so I think I've pretty much heard it all... the love, the hate, the random insanity. I don't take it too seriously, so I'm not always giving the best advice, but my column is fun to read!

I am a 23 year old electrical engineer, a feminist, a Christian. I don't know everything but I can sure pretend to.

Disclaimer: Now that I'm on advicenators I'm getting even more questions every day. It's fast and easy for me to answer them, yes, so at least I'm answering something now, but if your question contains the words "there's this guy that I like..." chances are I won't get around to it. I'm only answering interesting questions that I haven't answered before. Register at the site and ask everyone for advice if you must have an answer, because if people read my column and boring love advice was all they found, they'd never come back.

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