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Oh Carla Bruni, so feminism's over, is it?
   Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy claims her generation doesn't need feminists
   Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has her own take on feminism. Photograph: Rex
   has no use for feminism. "We don't need to be feminists in my
   generation â that's quite a few who don't need feminism!
   Later, after much uproar and a Twitter campaign detailing why feminism
   "pioneers" had already done the work. She added: "I am a feminist if
   being a feminist is demanding freedom." Well, yeees, but only in the
   context of feminism as a vague, multipurpose rock lyric ("I'm free,
   bespoke feminist. Which is someone for whom feminism has no true core:
   These types seek to customise feminism to fit in with their own life
   doesn't subscribe to feminism, rather Carla-ism, or "It's all about
   In a way, all feminists are bespoke feminists, just as they are bespoke
   bespoke and no feminist, not to mention obstinately delighted by her
   Is La Bruni-Sarkozy even aware that France has never had a female
   feminism as "no longer necessary, merci beaucoup!" How does this cast
   This kind of attitude goes beyond any concept of bespoke feminism â it
   feminism is not to end up as a dirty word, but as a forgotten word â
   candy, the hula hoop, female suffrage). Come to think of it, perhaps
   it's fine that Bruni-Sarkozy doesn't feel she needs feminism. Feminism
   Oh Carla Bruni, so feminism's over, is it? | Barbara Ellen
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