I’m so over being the odd one out by identifying as a feminist. I used to ask people if they were feminists in a calm nice way then began to say are you a feminist or are you sexist? and now I’ve stopped asking. It’s fucking sad I’ve stopped asking. I hate sitting there explaining to someone how I’m not the weird one by being a feminist. I hate how I have a label cos I believe in equality!!!! A label with such a massive stigma!!! How is it fair? How is it fair that I’m in a category that is belittled and undermined whereas people who aren’t openly fighting for equality are just doing them, we don’t label them.

Being a feminist isn’t a bad thing, I’m proud of it. But I hate how I have to label it. Why should we be the odd ones out?? Surely the people who do not believe in equality should be labelled as sexist but somehow they get away with it.

Maths, logical fucking maths: if you want equality for all genders = feminist. If you want one gender to dominate the others = sexist. I hate having to justify why I am a feminist, why do I have to give speeches in my classes and scare people cos yes I have a fucking voice and yes I’m going to use it to talk about important issues. It leaves people feeling uncomfortable, but I guess that’s good cos you’ve just been woken from your ignorant nap by the fucking truth.

Yet after giving so many of these speeches, people still do not listen. I still have people in my english class and my media class (this annoys me the most cos hi!!!! the people sitting around me are the ones that will most likely influence the media one day and if they don’t have feminist views, what’s the point in sitting there analysing how the media fails and therefore seeing how we could better the media) who would not identify as a feminist. Who LITERALLY cannot talk about equality cos they don’t understand it even after me explaining.

So with people not listening and people STILL saying ‘I’m not a feminist but I believe in equality’ and people STILL FUCKING SAYING ‘why don’t they just change the word’ my speeches turn into rants. The phrase now isn’t a feminist ‘speech’ it’s turned into a feminist ‘rant’ the definition of ‘rant’ is: ‘speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way’ this word has so many negative connotations.

These speeches have become rants because people still aren’t listening. Imagine sitting there telling someone 1+1=2 and showing them how that is in different ways and giving examples and stuff and they still think 1+1=3. You would become enraged and most likely give up. I feel so often, too often, I should give up talking about feminism because some people do not care and apparently, will never care. They find it boring and so I am made to feel like I’m being selfish and I’m being over dramatic.

I begin to think I will never live in a world where people don’t identify as a feminist because equality would just be part of life; you wouldn’t have to point out the people who believe in equality cos it would just be everyone. But then I think that doesn’t matter if I never live in that world as long as someone does. And people reading this probably won’t live in a world where everyone is equal, not just equality of the genders but race, age, religion, sexuality and so on. I don’t think we will see that world which is S H I T but it’s okay as long as somebody does and if we don’t keep giving speeches, if we lose passion and if we begin to think ‘oh it won’t affect me so it doesn’t matter’ then no one will live in a wholly equal world. Which to me is shit.

I want people to stop being so scared of the beginning three letters of the word feminist. I want people to stop saying ‘I would be a feminist if they changed the name’ (omg guess what?? Lucky you!! you dickheads are the ones I hate the most). I just want people to talk about feminism. I want to stop singling myself out for my really not drastic views. I also really want as many people to read this as possible and I really want all of you to know, I am not bored of standing for equality, I am not done talking about feminism. I know some of the things I want are unrealistic: Harry Styles to attend my wedding as the groom, but I’m aware that won’t happen. This, equality, I believe can happen. There are also some things I’m too shy to say but this I have no problem talking to everyone and anyone about this which to me shows it’s importance and relevance.

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