This is inspired by something my beautiful inspiring sister posted, I know most of you guys don't know her but god damn is she a strong and beautiful woman (inside and out.). She moves me every god damn day, to be more, to do more. Anyhow, I digress.
I'm a feminist because I've been forced to be. I'm a feminist because I can't take back all of the years I spent living in a bubble of shame about my body, so I want to take them back for the next generation. I'm a feminist because when I was 14 I stayed in a physically and emotionally abusive relationship because it was the first time a man ever made me feel wanted, and society taught me to hold onto that "love" no matter the cost.
I'm a feminist because advertising agencies can use breasts to sell cars and beer and food, but people who own breasts can't use them to feed their children in public!!
I'm a feminist because 1 in 6 women will be raped in their lifetime. I'm a feminist because trans women have a 1 in 12 chance of being murdered, 1 in 8 for trans women of color.
I'm a feminist because people think genitalia and gender correlate, and I'm a feminist because people think they have a right to know what kind of genitalia you have.
I'm a feminist because Cece Mcdonald was forced to serve in a men's prison, and was convicted for defending herself against harassment.
I'm a feminist because women have to consider themselves lucky for not being a victim of sexual assault.
I'm a feminist because the social construction of men having uncontrollable sex drives is used as an excuse for what they perpetrate.
I'm a feminist because the social construction of men having uncontrollable sex drives is used to discredit them when they are sexually assaulted.
I'm a feminist because I have to be on alert any time I want to walk the streets at night.
I'm a feminist because I can't even go to the god damn gas station without someone verbally harassing me, especially in down town Atlanta.
I'm a feminist because we're all trapped in gender constraints, we're all policed in how to express our gender in public.
I'm a feminist because Jennifer Lawrence is not a fucking good representation of body diversity.
I'm a feminist because of the many times at parties men try to feed me or my friends drinks until we can barely stand and then when we ask to find our friends, we are propositioned to simply go with them instead .
I'm a feminist because Twilight and 50 Shades of Gray model for us emotional abuse as a romantic thing.
I'm a feminist because every time I want to go out and dance, making eye contact is an invite to have someone grind up against me and I sometimes literally have to fight them off.
I'm a feminist because even after that they still don't understand.
I'm a feminist because everytime I hear the phrase friend zone I want to vomit on everything, like the worst thing that could happen is that a girl wants you as a friend.
I'm a feminist because sex workers are disrespected, because being a sexual woman makes you less worthy of respect.
I'm a feminist because girls are taught to compete with each other rather than collaborate. I'm a feminist because women are taught in public school that having sex takes away from your personhood.
I'm a feminist because in 2013 700 bills were proposed that would regulate a woman's body, and 0 were proposed to regulate men's. I'm a feminist because being compared to a girl shouldn't be an insult. I'm a feminist because pussies aren't weak people, they are powerful organs through which all human life comes.
"Above all I'm a feminist because opening myself up to all of this is scary and uncomfortable, but it has opened me up to the infinite power that is inside of me.
I'm a feminist because I'm ready, willing, and excited to fight all oppression, whether it effects me or it doesn't.
I'm a feminist because it's made me more understanding of racism and ableism
. I'm a feminist because I live to make this world a better place, and by living in this mind set, by sharing from myself and from my story, by resting in my power I know that I am.
I'm a feminist because I can't not be."
