Disclaimer

For the purpose of clarity:

- I am only stating opinions. I am not trying to dictate what is right or wrong or correct within feminisms. I am stating my personal point of view, and encourage disagreement. 

- I do not believe there is a "right" point of view for feminisms. I think there is a standard criteria for what feminisms are, who qualifies as feminist, and what constructive activism looks like. 

- I swear because I like it. 

-I moderate all comments.

- I am not trying to convince people of my point of view. This is not a conversion campaign. Again, I think there are multiple views in feminisms (hence feminism being plural). 

-I write this blog for multiple reasons: 1. as an outlet for my rants/thoughts without directly bothering everyone 2. to promote discussion and thinking 

- My blog is not activist. I am not going to change the world with this shit. At most, I will make people question what they think and believe. But unless there is concrete action to work toward gender/sex equality, this blog is only a public journal of feminist rants. 

-I understand that awareness needs to be raised for various people. But if we only focus on raising awareness, we stop moving forward. Those who have political consciousness need to continue onto activism as they (if they want to) continue to consciousness raise. 

-I define "action/activism" as rallying, volunteering, actively trying to change policies, fundraising, etc. There are other ways to define activism, but I agree with this definition. 

-If you really don't like what I have to say, you don't have to read it. That's the beauty of the internet. 

"I Need Feminism Because..."

I really fucking hate that statement. "I need feminism because..." I don't give a shit! Everyone needs feminism. I understand that this is a great consciousness raising exercise, but don't confuse it for activism. It isn't. Activism is saying "Feminisms need me because..." Because let's face it, when you say "I need feminism because" it sounds like you want some magical force Feminism to make things better for you without actually doing anything. Also, what we need are comprehensive and protected human rights and a basic sense of human dignity and respect to be upheld.
*Side note: I also hate that it hegemonizes feminisms and to an extent.
We need to be focusing on how we can further feminisms and make those needs and dreams realities. Basically, stop bitching. Bitching is when you complain about things without trying to solve the problem. That is what this phenomenon promotes. If it had a focus on how we can get the things we need, it would be brainstorming or ranting. Maybe if the phrase went "I Need Feminism Because...and this is how I plan to get it..." I would be less annoyed.
I have also compiled a list of "Feminisms need me because..."
...because "I'm not a feminist but..." still exists
...because there is constantly confusion as to what feminisms are and what they do and who feminists are
...because Sarah Palin shouldn't be able to claim herself as a feminist
...because feminists, especially young ones, are getting shit for just sitting around and complaining and not taking action
...because the "angry feminist" stereotype still exists
...because feminisms need to be diverse
....because it isn't fair for feminisms to be expected to be all-inclusive, all the time in everything that feminists write.
...because having a woman in the public sphere shouldn't be seen as having "diversity"

I understand that this is a more controversial post and that not everyone is going to agree with me. This is simply my opinion. Raising consciousness through social media campaigns is a lovely first step to activism and a necessary part of feminisms. Consciousness raising is not the end goal of feminisms; changing the social structure of patriarchy and fighting for gender/sex equality is. We won't get that just by talking about it.