[Nicole Brodeur] ‘Feminism’ is the word of the year. Should we be celebrating?
ViewpointsDec 25, 2017
In the days since the Merriam-Webster dictionary named “feminism” the word of the year, I haven’t been sure whether to celebrate, or scream. It’s great to see that the word was the most-searched on Merriam-Webster’s website, and that look-ups for the definition increased by 70 percent over last year. That means people are curious, that they want to learn. They want to be sure that the term isn’t so much a salvo as a sensibility. But it also feels as if people are just now realizing the need to s