[an excerpt from a take-home final on what feminism means to me...]
(ALSO:)
Feminism is an all-encompassing term that
describes the fight of all people to be free from
oppression, whether based on sex, gender, class,
race, sexuality, religion, upbringing, location…
Feminism is not irrelevant, nor is it dead or
dying. Feminism may eventually evolve into the
term “humanism,” as long as using that term doesn’t
mask the severity of sexism that still exists everywhere
in all societies. Feminism is defined by each person,
using a combination of theory, personal experience,
and realistic (or, hell, even idealistic) action.
Feminism makes my life more worthwhile,
and without it I (literally) would not be here.
