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"  We love Katy Perry, but we don&amp;#039;t love a comment she made recently while accepting Billboard&amp;#039;s 2012 Woman of the Year Award. &amp;quot;I am not a feminist, but I do believe in the strength of women,&amp;quot; she said. Wait, what? We&amp;#039;re confused why she&amp;#039;d say this in the context of honoring strong women in music. We&amp;#039;re even more confused, though, that she doesn&amp;#039;t consider herself a feminist.  To be fair, Katy isn&amp;#039;t the first celeb to attach herself to the non-feminist camp. Taylor Swift recently said she doesn&amp;#039;t identify as a feminist, while France&amp;#039;s former first lady, Carla Bruni, said there&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;no need&amp;quot; for it anymore. Feminism\u2014in its very basic definition\u2014means having equal rights for women and men. It&amp;#039;s evolved into a dirty word over the years, with countless arguments and opponents likening it to &amp;quot;man hating&amp;quot; rather than a fight for equality. Do these strong, successful women really not believe in it, or does they just not understand what it really means?  Tell us: Do you consider yourself a feminist? Want more from Meagan? Follow her on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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