I have a problem with mainstream feminism.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a feminist.
I've seen from a very young age how our society
is built on white male privilege. As a woman,
as a black woman and as a human, I’m totally
not okay with that.
The Oxford Dictionary’s definition of feminism
is, “The advocacy of women’s rights on
the grounds of equality of the sexes.”
So this means that feminists DO NOT, never
have sex, hate all men, never shave their
legs or never want to get married.
Feminism is about women having the means to
do whatever they want, it’s about them having
the choice and it’s about society and the
patriarchy we live in, not being allowed to
hold them back.
But my problem with the current mainstream
feminist movement is that it’s not inter-sectional enough.
It continues to forget a lot of women,
women of colour, women who are disabled, women
who are LGBTQ, women who are not white or
middle class. And personally, I think, it’s
only when the movement becomes inclusive to
ALL women, that real progress will be made.
And maybe one day, my great, great, great,
great, great grandchildren will be living
in a world where feminism is something that
is only learnt about in history books because
maybe, we’ll no longer need it.
