Feminist Friday: In Case People Still Wondered Why Feminism And #YesAllWomen Are Needed

Lots to talk about here. If you have a few minutes today, I encourage you to read and join in this discussion.

Natacha Guyot

For the past months, I have participated in several Feminist Friday discussions about a wide range of topics, witha fewotherbloggers. Last week, the focus was on the Feminist label itself. As I commented, I think that the label is still needed and I have called myself a feminist for many years, no matter how many times I have to explain again and clarify that I am not a man hater or assorted negative clichés. (I am not saying that some people calling themselves feminists haven’t gone to such extremes, but that is a problem with many labels. Negative branches of a label can easily taint the whole tree, but it doesn’t mean the other branches have to change using said label).

Earlier this week, I came across a Tumblr post (which I reblogged) that featured pictures and shared a link to the following article: Disturbing…

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3 thoughts on “Feminist Friday: In Case People Still Wondered Why Feminism And #YesAllWomen Are Needed

  1. I’m so glad I found this post. I’ve been feeling lately like we need the word more than ever. As a young woman in the ’80s women had a very broad range of choices and role models. Now it seems that women are pigeonholed and challenged to live according to their own choices far more

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