Feminism: You With Us Or Not?
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Feminism: You With Us Or Not?

You can't pick and choose when you want to be a feminist.

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Feminism: You With Us Or Not?
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Recently, I've noticed a pattern. People love to be feminists when it's easy. People want to be feminists when they don't have to do much. People want to support women when they have the energy to do so. I know what you're thinking—this girl with the feminism, she thinks she makes the dang rules! And yes, I do make the rules. Just kidding but I am opinionated.

I have to say, a lot of this might stem from the Internet. It makes almost anything and everything easier. But I notice that the first thing I see is a photo of a soccer player I've never heard of with a beautifully written caption about why she is as incredible as she is. I love seeing that! I read through and learned about something I normally wouldn't have much interest in. I continue on my quest on Facebook and immediately see some horrible photo of Taylor Swift zoomed in followed by LOLs and snarky comments. I am baffled this can all be in one thumb swipe.

Not liking a woman for a solid, personal reason is not sexist. Not liking a woman because she looks bad in a photo and you want a chuckle is sexist. Not liking the Kardashians because you're just not interested in keeping up with them is not sexist. Posting photos of Kim K's pregnancy and criticizing her weight gain is sexist. Not caring about the latest Jen-Angelina feud because you have more to think about isn't sexist. Calling one of those woman an ugly you-know-what on your Twitter feed is sexist. Is that making sense?

It is inappropriate to call yourself a feminist, man or woman, and still publicly shame women for simply being. Feminism isn't a pick and choose kind of thing. You're with us or not. You're willing to stand up for women or you're willing to laugh at Kylie Jenner's lip job. You're willing to be a decent person or you're willing to throw that away to laugh at a girl you don't know on the Internet. It doesn't seem like a difficult choice.

Seeing people bash celebrities or regular girls who are hardly 18 years old and I'm so embarrassed to even be looking at it. Stop deciding when you want to support girls. Stop saying you're a feminist and then referring to women as slurs, b-words, and "females." Stop trying to be a feminist for the women who are easy to be feminists for. Anyone can say how amazing a female politician is—how about a female rapper? Ex-stripper? Cocktail waitress? A mistress? Then what? I'm as much a feminist for Hillary Clinton as I am for Nicki Minaj as I am for Sasha Grey... how about you?

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