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01-10-2013, 08:33 AM
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I really hope so, my Tutor sounded pretty convinced about it but like you said, a search doesn't yield very much. It is an actual term used by feminists though, apparently emerging in the 1960s.
To be fair, it's entirely possible she meant modules within a course, and it's perfectly acceptable for a history course module to focus on important women throughout history.

It's still a fucking stupid name.
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