Lately, I have been spending more time trawling through articles on Facebook, just reading whatever catches my eye. Last year, as Tinder was gaining more popularity, another new dating app came onto the scene and tried to encourage women to the first step. The app was called Bumble, and it started getting a lot of buzz for its unconventional user experience. Bumble is known for allowing only women to start chatting with the guy or girl that they have matched with. In doing so, Bumble hopes to promote relationship equality and mutual respect.

An incident that happened this past summer helped give Bumble an even better reputation. Through a series of screenshots, a guy named Connor was called out for being extremely rude and callous to a woman who was simply being polite. You can read that article here.

Here is my "neo-liberal, Beyoncé, feminist cancer" response to this:

First off, what nerve this guy has. To blatantly call a grown woman an "entitled gold-digging whore" when she is just trying to be polite and keep the conversation going is supremely baffling to me. The conversation goes from zero to 100 in just a few messages, and the anger he has seems to be genuine. His anger comes from nowhere, and he accuses her of being superficial and only caring about how much money he makes. The most confusing part is that he claims to make a six-digit figure and that he has graduated from Notre Dame, but he still cannot figure out how to talk to human beings.

Second, in many instances, where you go to school is not so much a measure of your worth, but of what you do there and after you graduate. There are many big names that come from ASU (where the woman went to school), as well as other, much smaller schools. You could go to a large, well-known institution but do nothing of worth there. Some small schools actually have fantastic programs that are unique to their campuses, and their students do fantastic work. As the old saying goes: do not judge a book by its cover.

Third, in what world do self-respecting men talk to women who are complete strangers like the woman is supposed to apologize for defending herself? Personally, I have been trying to stop apologizing so much. Women have fallen into this social expectation of apologizing for speaking up and voicing their opinions. They've been told they have to say "sorry" before sharing an idea after someone else has already shared one. I have nothing to apologize for. My opinions are not generally uninformed, and I am not ashamed to speak my mind. If you treat me with respect, I will reciprocate it.

Fourth, not all women are gold-diggers, particularly ones on dating apps. Women on dating apps are usually on them for other reasons. Also, judging a person on what you perceive to be their financial situation without really knowing what they do is another form of gold-digging. Looking for a person who also has means without trying to get to know someone in a different tax bracket is just as bad as gold-digging, so good job, Connor.

Last, but definitely not least, I LOVE Beyoncé. She is a queen of self-love and self-motivation. She does not take crap. She isn’t bossy because she’s the boss. I will take being called a "Beyoncé feminist" as a compliment.