This song is clearly about the problems facing the early feminist movement (and still facing feminists today). The divide between groups within feminism..."you and me feel joined by only gender
we are not all for one and one for all" clearly refers to the realisation that there were differences in the needs and experiences of individual groups within the movement (often down to class and race differences) which lead to divisions within feminism. Gender alone was not enough to join them.
"we forget how hard separatism has been"- another indication that this song is about the feminist movement, there is disagreement amongst feminists about whether or not seperatism (emphasizing male/female differences) helps or hinders their cause. I think this is an excellent song by alanis and should've made the U.R.S final cut. It stands alone from much of her catalogue in that it doesn't focus primarily on a specifically personal experience (although i am not saying this is a particulkarly good or bad thing). What do people think about my comments?
This song is clearly about the problems facing the early feminist movement (and still facing feminists today). The divide between groups within feminism..."you and me feel joined by only gender we are not all for one and one for all" clearly refers to the realisation that there were differences in the needs and experiences of individual groups within the movement (often down to class and race differences) which lead to divisions within feminism. Gender alone was not enough to join them. "we forget how hard separatism has been"- another indication that this song is about the feminist movement, there is disagreement amongst feminists about whether or not seperatism (emphasizing male/female differences) helps or hinders their cause. I think this is an excellent song by alanis and should've made the U.R.S final cut. It stands alone from much of her catalogue in that it doesn't focus primarily on a specifically personal experience (although i am not saying this is a particulkarly good or bad thing). What do people think about my comments?