Everyday Feminism
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A blog on how to apply feminism to your real life in order to work through issues, stand up for yourself, live your own truth, and take collective action. Intersectional Feminism For Your Everyday Life.
Everyday Feminism
5y ago
We’re all raised in a society that’s built on ableist values that are also linked to white supremacy, capitalism, and colonization, which is why the people we love sometimes have oppressive views ..read more
Everyday Feminism
5y ago
The US owes its very existence to the Black women whose unpaid labor built this nation and whose political activism has rescued it from fascism repeatedly ..read more
Everyday Feminism
5y ago
What I’m suggesting is restructuring the very core of what education aims to give its students — not just a diploma, but a real chance at navigating multiple dimensions of life and being successful at them ..read more
Everyday Feminism
5y ago
So if you’re not going to therapy to become happy, what’s the point? I began asking myself this and what I learned along the way kind of blew my mind ..read more
Everyday Feminism
5y ago
I’ve learned there is no shortage of stylistic experimentation that’s possible if we allow ourselves to exist outside of the gendered boxes that constrain how we express ourselves ..read more
Everyday Feminism
5y ago
I can’t talk about my family tree without mentioning how many shiny badges are attached to the branches. Since before I can remember, I have been referred to as “the cop’s daughter,” and with the societal identifier came assumptions that I was above the law or ready to defend any and all actions taken by ..read more
Everyday Feminism
6y ago
There’s a myth is that if you have enough women and femmes in your organization, your organization is automatically not sexist or femmephobic. This is absolutely untrue, especially if the only way for women and femmes to get ahead is to emulate men and masculinities. When I talk about femininity and masculinity I am talking ..read more
Everyday Feminism
6y ago
On the morning of Jan. 21, 2017, I woke up with a mission. Just one day before, Donald Trump had been inaugurated as the next president of the United States, and I needed to channel all of the pain and anguish from the election into something productive. I put on some clothes and took to ..read more
Everyday Feminism
6y ago
If I could describe the impact and aftermath of emotional abuse in one word, it would be invisible. Emotional abuse may leave no physical marks, but the depth of the scars and the weight of the pain creates a burden that people can’t see—or don’t want to. According to Psychology Today’s Andrea Matthews, emotionally abusive ..read more
Everyday Feminism
6y ago
Originally published on Rainier Valley Corps and cross-posted here with their permission. I’ve learned a hard truth while working and volunteering at community-based organizations (CBOs) over the past decade: Community can break your heart. In fact, mine’s been broken so many times now that I’ve asked myself if fighting on the front lines for the ..read more