Late Feminist Post

So this is a late post on feminism and feminists (late as in I meant to make this like last week). Did anybody else write their Writing Proficiency Exam on the benefits of feminism last semester? More specifically the word feminism? For said test we were asked to read an article written BY a feminist ABOUT whether feminism deserves a new name or not. Or something along those lines.

When we began talking about the different types of perspectives a critic can take I couldn’t help but think about this article which I wish I still had the link to. Feminism, at least as I and many of my friends (including one women’s and genders studies major) understand it, is about pursuing equality for all genders. Just as we discussed in class. But because the title is so… feminine for lack of a better word it can be misleading or even deterring to some. For the Writing Proficiency Exam we could either defend the title of feminism or suggest some other alternative… a new name I guess.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mariahsummers/what-its-like-to-be-a-woman-at-the-old-boys-economic-forum

This is an article about what it’s like to be one of only a few women at an economics forum. I found it similar to the some of the sentiments The Rebirth of the Feminist Manifesto from our text had. With instances like this still happening in the world I just can’t ignore the need for a feminist perspective. For feminist bloggers to point things out. They should not be man hating, no. However, it is never ok for cops to tell female students to “avoid dressing like sluts” to escape sexual assault. So with this first awkward blog post coming to a close I will end with this quote that I found inspiring from the reading, “Some conversations are uncomfortable but also necessary. They are so uncomfortable because they are so necessary. Discomfort is not death”- Molly Lambert. Feminism is necessary, at least in my eyes.