This is what a feminist looks like….
By Louise Livesey | 26 February 2008, 19:30
Photographer Patricia Nuss has been compiling pictures of feminists and short written statements about their feminism. It’s an interesting snapshot. Well worth a look but this is my favourite:
I was the girl who said, “no. I am not a feminist.” I was the girl who said, “all of my friends are guys.” I was the girl who felt being in the presence of females resulted in weakness. I was the girl who embodied androgyny so as not to be perceived as feminine or delicate. I was the girl who made sarcastic remarks in order to be perceived as emotionless and invincible. I was the girl who found sadistic delight in the subjugation of a feminine concept. I said I was the girl who never cried.
I am no longer this girl.
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mia said:
I used to be that girl, too.
Posted on 27 February 2008 at 8:41 AM
rebelleink said:
I find that girl comfortable and hard to shake. My new glasses frames are pink...I'm working on it.
Posted on 27 February 2008 at 7:00 PM
Andie Berryman said:
I once believed i could never trust women , i`m no longer that girl.
Posted on 27 February 2008 at 7:27 PM
Sirriamnis said:
With the exception of having always identified myself as a feminist, I was that girl, too. For the first time in my life, I have multiple female friends whose company I enjoy. They are smart, funny, wickedly insightful.
I am very glad to not be that girl anymore.
Posted on 27 February 2008 at 8:09 PM
M said:
I was her sometimes, too. But then it became quite clear that I couldn't hide from sexism no matter what I did or how I acted, simply because I had a vagina, and it finally clicked.
Posted on 27 February 2008 at 9:25 PM
kess said:
just so you know, you can be a feminist and still wear pink. it's how you relate to others and your belief in equality that makes you a feminist, not the color of your glasses.
Posted on 29 February 2008 at 3:59 AM
Lisa said:
I've always been defined as 'girly' or 'so feminine' but out of many of the wonderful women I know, I am the one who talks SRHR, GBV, and finds it repulsive if a man makes a rude comment about my body when I'm walking down the street.
I've often been told that if I changed the way I dressed i.e. if I become less 'feminine' (read: sexaul), I would have an almost harrassment free life.
This would mean (to me) that I would be agreeing that men cannot 'control' themselves and that women who dress in 'a certain way' are the problem.
I didn't sexaulise my body - my culture has - it's got nothing to do with being feminine, girly, wearing pink etc. and is all about undermining women and glorifying men and male attributes.
Posted on 02 March 2008 at 4:14 PM