The Crisis Column: My middle name is Minnesang – you have to go through that

You’re not born a feminist, you become one. This is true for me too, although the problem with my career is that some people question my self-description as a “feminist”. “The ALBUM is planning a special issue for International Women’s Day. I’ll write a column in it about my life as a feminist.” “About your life as what?” my wife asks, looking at me in shock. There must have been a misunderstanding between us somewhere, some conceptual ambiguity that makes dialogue difficult.