Male Feminists?

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So, the other day, gabrielleabelle made a post questioning the labeling of Angel as a feminist icon. The general consensus, not surprisingly, is that Angel is NOT the feminist icon we are looking for. But it did make me wonder - are there ANY male feminist icons in popular culture? I can't think of any.

Okay. "Icon" is a pretty high bar. How about just a portrayal of a male feminist character? Any medium. How many can you think of?

I'm also including gingerwall's list of criteria from the same post, just for reference. Your criteria may be different (I expect the third one is particularly difficult to find in pop culture, which might eliminate everybody, lol), but I thought it might be helpful for people who want guidelines.

Here would be my qualifications for the Best Male Feminist Role Model in All of Everything Ever:
- Let the women in his life be autonomous agents and make their own decisions.
- Listen to and carefully consider what women have to say about issues that affect both of them.
- Be aware of how organizations that he is a part of contribute to the oppression of the women in his life and work to change or protest those cultures, all the while getting feedback from those women to make sure he is accurately reflecting their lived experience.
- Encourage the women in his life to defy traditional gender roles and take on powerful positions, even at the expense of his own control and power.

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Heh, I have no memory of Say Anything, but SCHMENDRICK! Yay! *has a total obsession with The Last Unicorn*

[angearia.livejournal.com]

I totally have The Last Unicorn on DVD!

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OMG!!! CAN I COME OVER AND WATCH??

LOL, I rented it once in college... it wasn't quite as awesome as I'd remembered (the singing is kind of, um, off-key sometimes?), but I was still giddy over it.

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Of course! *pops popcorn*

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[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

PARKER!

[blackfrancine.livejournal.com]

Ha! That's so funny! The singing at the end is so painful! Jeff Bridges and Mia Farrow? Not meant to sing in the same octave. But they try anyway, don't they?

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OMG I know.

True confession: I have the soundtrack anyway.

[blackfrancine.livejournal.com]

I have it on VHS, but I don't have a VCR anymore. So for the last few years I've been without the Lady Amalthea. But thanks to the wonders of technology, it is on my computer RIGHT EFFING NOW! Woo hoo!

[blackfrancine.livejournal.com]

I also forgot to point out that in The Last Unicorn (which is the best movie EVER, btw) Schmendrick is encouraging Amalthea/the unicorn to essentially leave him behind. So, he is personally losing someone that brings him joy, but he's encouraging her to leave because it's A)better for her, and B) because she's going to LIBERATE ALL THE UNICORNS! She's literally changing the world. Yay! Unicorns FTW.

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Dude, she is like the Buffy of unicorns!!!!

[dragonflylady77.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

OMG I saw that movie when I was little and then one day 2 years ago I found it on DVD and just HAD to buy it. And my 6yo just could not stop watching it!!