Recently, I was assigned to watch "She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry" ( 2004) for a class.

One of the biggest takeaways that hit home for me while watching this film was that I definitely still stand proud and strong with the feminist movement that is currently happening. Sure, it may be a bit chaotic right now, but wow. This movie was incredibly eye-opening and really worked me up to the point where I knew my writing in this paper was going to be quite blunt and full-force. After watching this, all I wanted to do was write a million powerhouse articles about how I support women and what we stand for so much.

One of the craziest parts of watching the film for me was hearing the responses of men toward women and how those have changed/not changed over time.

It was the movie’s energy. Even the color of the film itself was kind of surreal to see because it’s like taking a step back in time. Then you realize, “wow, a lot of this is still very accurate to how we are treated and expected to act today.” To hear how others disregarded and invalidated these women on a daily basis, was incredibly eye-opening.

The film provides a wide-ranging, yet excitedly entertaining summary of all the major aspects of the Women’s Movement over time. I absolutely loved (but was completely appalled by) the part when they read from the book about the man’s answer to what a woman can do to help... the answer was to wear a dress. He said to wear elastic on her hips and under her boobs… underneath the dress and to simply walk down the street. That part really stood out to me because, yeah, that is what they expect of us.

We’re just supposed to look pretty and be at-the-ready whenever we’re called… which can range from making dinner to dancing naked on poles for them. We never know if we’re supposed to be that super put-together and clean-cut girl or if we should be putting ourselves out there and making sure that they know we’re available. But that’s what is so wrong about it. We shouldn’t have to be a certain way or dress a certain way so that a man feels comfortable and is/isn’t turned on. We can dress and act like ourselves and the world will, in fact, be okay.

The film continually follows the awakenings and even the re-awakenings of women to the many issues that have banned our participation in social norms. Women being allowed to wear what they felt like and to let their hair down for the first time was actually a big deal and not all millennials got to experience how fulfilling and awakening that must’ve been. I can’t even begin to imagine having to look prim and proper every day. It’s just not my lifestyle… thanks to these women.

I was especially inspired by the part of the movie where they talked about writing a list of things they wanted to know about. It was mind-blowing to me to hear them say that they stood up in the class and said they wanted to learn about masturbation.

I could never stand up and say that and it’s almost entertaining that they would ask such a question… but then I sit back and think about the fact that we should be allowed to learn about those things and that we really shouldn’t be judged for it because men most definitely aren’t. Women are taught not to say boobs and butt, while men are raised to hold their junk in public and wave it around like it’s some award-winning prize a girl can get if she plays her cards right. Excuse me, sir... hate to break it to you, but that's incredibly impolite.

Women’s liberation topics most definitely still affect our current lifestyle. I’m all for some girl power, but I am not about it if it comes at the expense of another. It's a very blatant double standard to say that it's not okay for a man to be better than a woman, but that it’s suddenly okay for women to be better than men. I am a very proud feminist on the grounds of what feminism is intended to be. I'm fighting for equality of opportunity to men, not to be better than them. That entire point has been lost in all the madness.

But hopefully, it won't be for long. We will get there, and we'll be damn proud once we get there.