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My Misinformed Male Brain Needs Feminism
I need feminism because how else will I see the truth? (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). Before I took this high school class on feminism, I had all the wrong ideas about feminism, but I did not know I...
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Why Do I Need Feminism? To Stop the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
I need feminism because I don’t want my children to grow up believing women are the weaker gender (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). Why do I need feminism? There’s an obvious answer to that question. I...
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I Need Feminism Because There Is No Bright Future Without It
I need feminism because I shouldn’t be called “gay” for the way I act or things I like! (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). “I need feminism” is something I never thought I would say if it weren’t for this...
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We are Oblivious to Rap and Hip-Hop’s Misogyny
I need feminism because the future of mankind depends on it (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). Before I took this high school feminism course, my knowledge of feminism was very limited. I always...
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I Need Feminist Art and Media. So Do You.
I need feminism because I am a girl figuring out how to be a woman (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). I need feminism. I need feminism because I have never felt so aware. I have never felt more at home in...
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I Need Feminism Because I am Blind Without It
I need feminism because women are half our population and deserve to be treated as so (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). The feminist fight is one that the general public tends to sweep under the carpet....
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Making My Life Better Through Feminism
I need feminism because people keep telling me to “stop cursing,” “act like a lady,” “don’t dress like a slut,” etc. And I’m sick of it! (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez) I think I’ve always been a...
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I Need Feminism Because Our Society Will Regress Without It
I need feminism because my mom and my sister are women (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). As my time ends in one of the fiercest feminism courses, either at the high-school or collegiate level, the moment...
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I Need Feminism Because of Slut-Shaming and Other Double Standards
I need feminism because I was called a “bimbo” and a “stupid cunt” for defending those that are victimized by gender norms/stereotypes (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). Almost every girl I know has been...
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Discovering My Feminist Toolbox
I need feminism because I cannot accept how prevalent injustice has become. (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). I need feminism because I cannot accept how prevalent injustice has become in our society. I...
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Discovering Why I Need to Tell Myself I Am a Feminist Every Day
This is only one of the many reasons that I NEED feminism. Photo Credit: Ileana Jimenez I need feminism because my gender should not stop me from doing anything that I could possibly want to do or...
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I Need Feminism Because I Want to End Cycles of Oppression
“I need feminism because I’m tired of seeing women ‘miss-represented.’”(Photo credit: Rehana Hirji) I need feminism because I want to end cycles of oppression. I use the word “cycles” instead of...
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The Future of Feminism: Together We Can Change the Media
Why do I need feminism? Because my identity is multidimensional! (Photo Credit: Ileana Jiménez) I’m a boy, so how does feminism relate to me? I never thought that feminism would play such an important...
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Finding My Feminist Stand Through Media and the Arts
“I need feminism because…I wasn’t born in BOX.” (Photo credit:Ileana Jiménez). I need feminism because I wasn’t born in a box. I should not have to live in a world where I feel like my gender and my...
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I Need Feminism Because It’s a Life-Long Commitment
“I need feminism because I’m sick of people thinking that they have to change who they are just be accepted by society . . . DO YOU!.” (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). Growing up, I remember finding my...
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Breaking Silences Creates a Safe Space for Women of Color
Here I am sharing my own definitions of feminism during our feminism class’s annual International Day of the Girl assembly. I’m breaking silences (photo credit: Lexie Clinton). I agree with what bell...
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How are YOU Raising Your Children?
Here I am speaking out against strict gender roles for children at our International Day of the Girl assembly in early October (photo credit: Steve Neiman). Have you ever asked a young girl if she...
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