EDITOR'S NOTE

"It's not that women can't be President. They don't want to be President. Because then there would be no war. And that would be fucking boring."

- Trevor Finch

     Sometimes it seems like I'm constantly arguing feminism with the rest of the world. I've had people tell me to my face that feminism is dumb becayse women are not discriminated against in our society. They say, "Think of the Middle East." And, true, I'm not beaten when I show an inch of skin on the street, and my clit wasn't cut off when I turned 12 in order to insure my chastity for my future husband. But does that mean feminism is dumb?

     Feminism has a bad rap now-a-days, so I want to take a moment to clear some things up. It's not about militant bra-burning, or the castration or total annihilation of all males, or women wanting to be men. It's about equality. It's about equal rights and representation on paper and in practice. Yes, really! I swear, that's all!

     So why does feminism have such negative connotations? Two reasons, I think. First, the word evolved during the beginnings of a great social movement. The beginnings of great social movements always involve shocking things - how else are you going to get anyone's attention? Second, these shocking things (which I might add are quite normal in our society today, but were new themes years ago) nearly made traditionalists piss their pants, or skirts, and since they were the majority, the controlled the media, and they got to make feminism sound scary and evil.

     So, if you consider that there is no open oppression of women in our society and that we're the closest we've ever been to equality, what's the point of this magazine? Well, it's the details that count, the little things, like the aforementioned representation. People think there's no discrimination because it's not big. That doesn't mean it's not there. Women's issues are under-represented in the media. So here's a little representation.

     Women are beautiful, powerful, and passionate beings. Scribbling Mob is here to portray a little of that.

- Kati Hermsdorfer, editor in chief