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| This is my baby cousin Sylvie x |
Hey,
I was not raised as a feminist. I became a feminist. It is
something I believe down to my very core, because I know that being a woman has
instant prejudice, not just from men but from other women as well.
Feminism is for EVERYONE. It just means you believe all
genders should be equal, and that includes the LGBTQ+ community.
For me, being a feminist and a teenager is hard because
you're brushed off immediately. Like "oh she's young what does she have to
say?" But I have plenty to say. I am a woman and I'm proud of that! I'm
here to support other women and bring them up, and empower others because along
the way that empowers me.
What I have struggled with is people openly telling me I
shouldn't do this, or I can't do these things because I'm a girl. My own mother
a woman herself said to me, that I 'get on my high horse about women's rights
and gay rights'. Why can't women support their own rights? Why should I not be
able to express my disdain and my opinion on my own rights? Because I have
breasts and a vagina? Because I 'look' feminine? Terms I've stumbled across are
the likes of 'feminazi' which again, is oppressing women in just one word!
Turning a positive movement about changing the way society treats women and men
into something wrong.
Women are taught not to speak up. Not to take charge. To be
submissive. But the truth is, we all have a voice one way or another. And you
can use that voice! People might disagree with you, but knowing who you are and
being able to share that with the world is so very important. Women are too
often controlled by society's views, that we can't have body hair or show too
much of our bodies. To be fearful! No one should be made to be afraid in their
own skin.
We're told that we should be more careful. For example; my
own grandmother heard about me getting my brothers motorbike scooter, and
responded with 'oh no, you wouldn't want one of those. Much too dangerous' When
my brother got it, he was greeted with smiles and boys will be boys. Why are we
teaching our women, our girls, that it's okay to be treated as less than? When
they are everything to us. I want to one day have a girl of my own. But it will
be in my time, in my way. And I will raise her to know exactly that being a
woman is okay, that she can't be stopped by anyone, that over anything else, I
love her unconditionally. Because that's what life is all about.
It's shocking for me, to see that often the ones harshest on
women are themselves. You will constantly hear the 'I don't hang out with girls
usually, just with guys, so much less cattiness' from girls themselves! Why are
we bringing down each other when in society we are already down. Build up each
other, because life is too short to sit there and gossip about whether Suzie
lost her virginity. Praise each other, learn from each other.
That, is why I am a feminist and I am not afraid to say
that.
Love,
Georgia Maree xx
Love,
Georgia Maree xx
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