'How to create a feminist future'

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'School's out for 500 activists as they graduated yesterday from UK Feminista's second summer school. With interest in feminism sparking across the UK, this weekend's "suffragette school" in Birmingham aimed to equip budding activists with a toolbox of techniques for building a feminist future. With attacks on abortion rights, the relentless objectification of women in the media and the assault on women's economic independence through public sector cuts, there's certainly no shortage of obstacles to creating it. Hence "lessons" at summer school included everything from suffragette-era tactics of direct action to the rather more modern approach of mobilising the masses through Facebook and Twitter.
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Important questions were also asked about the future of feminism. With women's lives being so diverse, and the impact of sexism refracted by the many aspects of their identity – class, race, sexuality and disability – how can we work to ensure the strategies and solutions reflect this? And given that bringing about real progress will also mean fundamentally changing what it means to be a man in this society, how do we mobilise men and boys to escape the "masculinity trap"? Those conversations and the search for solutions need to continue, because feminism is a movement, not a club. Everyone has a vital part to play in it.'