Hold on, hold on to yourself

for this is going to hurt like hell.

Fortunately, it appears that being a feminist doesn't mean we have to be impervious* to the swirling world around us. At least according to Katha Pollitt:

Just because you are part of a social-justice movement, which is how I think of feminism, that doesn’t mean you are some brick wall of impermeable stalwartness in every area. Feminism, for me, is not about presenting a facade of perfect strength to the world.

I wonder if she makes house calls.

Woman's Studies [NYT]

* note definition b: