MLP: Feminism Is Magic

Thank you, I totally agree with that! I don't think that the fact that feminism is so misrepresented in mainstream, that people should just avoid the label. Nothing's going to change if that keeps happening, anyways!

And aww, I'm blushing at your compliment :3

I understand that some people don't like the label because of the negative connotation or not agreeing with people who have identified as fememininsts, and that's fine :) I personally disagree with that train of thought myself, but I do understand why some people feel that way, and I'm not going to tell you not to! The beliefs and the actions are the important part, you're right! Thanks for the reminder :)

That last anon seemed to be disagreeing with the ideas of feminism, though, which is less understandable to me :(

Oh, I'm so sorry for you, girls who don't care about feminism really hurt my heart. I truly 100% can't understand how there are girls out there that don't support equality for women. You're happy to be paid less than men, to be shamed and scrutinized for how you choose to dress, to be constantly put in a place of competition with other girls, and to have old white men argue about what you can and can't do with your body? I'm not the kind of person to tell people what to do, but I really don't understand not wanting equality for yourself and your fellow women.

Not to mention that feminists of the past are the reason you have the right to vote, and can have a career, and are no longer considered the property of your father and then your husband.

I really don't understand why you're asking me to tone it down either, because I tend to practice and preach a fairly tame version of feminism -- I'm all for being inclusive and positive, and I never tear down other people to bring myself up. Plus I also have a bunch of posts that are just general positivity from the show, so it's not even like my blog is 100% feminism.

TL;DR no, I don't think it's too much, because feminism is important to me, and I think it should be important to you too.

I’m not quite sure what you mean?

I assume the Caucasian people comment is in response to the post about white feminism? I’m going to start off by saying that I myself am white, tbh. And that post just felt important to me, because I know that in feminism, there have been times when it excluded black women (ie when sufferage was a thing, a lot of the mainstream feminist movement excluded black women because they didn’t want to have to split the focus of their movement.)  And I do think it’s important to remember that women of other colors should be included, because I think it’s easy to forget that different people of different backgrounds sometimes have different issues to deal with. And yes, white privilege is a thing, but it doesn’t make anyone a bad person if that’s the opinion you’re waiting on. But recognizing that it exists is important.

Also I’m assuming my most recent post about men is the friend-zone one? Because just a few posts under that is the gifset of Emma Watson talking about how feminism is a men’s issue too. So I guess my opinion on men is that I dislike dudebros but as a whole I don’t have a problem with them as long as their not being problematic?

Hope that answers your question :)

Unfortunately, I don't have a chance to read much, and when I do it's usually really bad teen fiction lol (seriously the last book I read was Divergent and though I liked it overall the romance was soooo poorly done, but I digress)

However -- I have heard that goodreads.com is an excellent resource for looking at books, if you just search "women's literature" or whatever critera you're looking for you should be able to find something to your tastes :) It looks like it'll give you a description of the books, and even help you find somewhere to buy them.

Also, if any of my followers have any better suggestions for this Anon I'd love to hear them!

Well, I'd like to point out that as a college student I don't really have an opportunity to impact anything in the ways that you're suggesting, I don't really have the funds to donate to anything or really do anything on a scale that could make a change besides blogging about my opinions.

I'm just a person that believes in full equality for women, and yes I do think there are problems with the patriarchy. I am 100% against any of the "real" oppression that goes on in other countries, but I am going to admit as a white queer college kid in america, I also do have a lot of feeling about what you would probably consider smaller/less important issues, judging by the tone of this message. If I could find a way to make a difference about the way women are treated in some other countries, I would definitely get behind that. I don't want to sound like I'm belittling those larger struggles, but from where I am and the scale on which I feel I can affect anything, I'm kind of in a place where everyone knows about the big things like that, and it's much easier to try to change someone's mind about slut-shaming and rape culture than it is to try to, like, abolish the sex industry.

So yes, I am the kind of feminist that's going to sit here and tell you that there are still problems with equality in America, and that just because they're ingrained in our society that doesn't make them non-issues. Yes on the big scale they're less important than girls being mutilated and murdered, but from my frame of view small scale is much easier to access, and also something that shouldn't just be ignored because "oh, other people have it worse."

We know that other people have it worse, but if I can change someone's mind about maybe something they've said to a girl in the past, or a hurtful opinion that they've had, that's still a victory. And for me that's important.