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Bada** Feminist Accessories You Need In Your Life

Polyvore creations by Laura.

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Bada** Feminist Accessories You Need In Your Life
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So let me introduce these style stories with the following disclaimers: I made these on a bus headed to Indiana for a conference on the Polyvore app I downloaded for the occasion (which gets two thumbs up!) on my phone, and they are comprised of items from some of my favorite websites and Etsy shops. The styles will likely reflect my own style much more than the categories I broke them down into. Originally I intended to break down different sites you could buy feminist accessories, but then I found way too many fabulous items.

This first story I call "Classic Feminist Style." Featuring tea cups and coffee mugs with "smashing the patriarchy" and "girls just wanna have fundamental rights," a Rosie the Riveter dress, a cross-stitch decorative piece, a beautiful portrait of Rosa Parks featuring a quote, and stickers including one that says, "this tape does not measure actual greatness," I feel this is a good intro to feminist style.

With the remaining items I curated it became clear there was an edgy feminist longing to be seen. Here are some of the sassiest, yet tame-enough-for-this-article items that I gathered from the web. Middle fingers up to the patriarchy, "fries before guys," "literally anything before bros" (necklace at top), "I'm not sorry about your fragile masculinity," "behold my feminist agenda," "wearing whatever the hell I want" and more, these items will not leave your feelings unheard.

It also occurred to me when making this second "set," as Polyvore calls a collection of items, that I was missing items representing key pieces of feminism the movement could not exist without. Sexual, ethnic, racial and gender identities are issues tied to the feminist movement, which create the concept of intersectionality. To put a spotlight on some (but not all!) of these issues, I created this "Intersectional Feminist Style" set. The other sets seemed to be coming out a bit traditional, which is not an accurate representation of my personal views as a feminist or understanding of feminism. Early feminism, unfortunately, was based very much on empowering straight, white, cisgender feminists. In 1989, legal scholar Kimberle Crenshaw formerly introduced the concept of intersectionality after noticing there were classes offered as electives that studied women in literature and African-American men in the economy and sciences. It is only by recognizing the overlap of certain issues that we can make meaningful progress in any of them.

With that being said, some of my favorite items from this set are the Drake "If you're reading this raise boys and girls the same way" Tee, the bi-furious necklace, the bralette that reads, "It's totally OK to have stretch marks, love handles, acne, cellulite, flabby tummy, no thigh gap, scars, armpit hair or an unshaved pussy," and all of the Love Wins pillows. However, this only covers a fraction of issues women face and therefore creating a completely intersectional story is likely impossible.

And here comes another big one: reproductive rights. Low-key put this one towards the bottom because if you're still reading that means you've seen the P-word at least once so far and (hopefully) haven't restarted your computer. Omighty, Spacetrash and NerdyMonsters all understand women are the only ones qualified to make decisions about their own bodies, whether this be what they wear, who they interact with sexually, or their right to reproductive freedom. Girl power, indeed.

My last set is inspired by the new generation of feminists, currently children, who happen to have more power of connectivity than youth ever has before. Malala Yousafzai is an icon among young feminists because she has done so much at such a young age as well. Items in this set assert, "feminism is cool," "feminist isn't a dirty word," "never underestimate the power of a woman," "a girl is a gun," and the classic, "this is what a feminist looks like." These all remind women they should be proud of themselves and their own feminism. All of these sets can be viewed on my Polyvore account, which will also show you where to find the items included in them. If you feel as strongly as I do about your feminist beliefs, you just might need to show them off to the world.

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