June 2012
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I need feminism because...
“when he called me a slut after sexually assaulting me, i believed him.”
…but thankfully pro-feminist groups and wonderful friends have helped me to identify as a survivor; not a victim and NOT a slut. Now I facilitate support groups to help others do the same :-)
May 2012
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“I need feminism because my mom hopes I grow up to realize my privilege and unafraid to speak out against inequality.”
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“Feminism gave me the courage to recover from my eating disorder.”
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“I need feminism because I’m sick of watching brilliant female colleagues make less than I do.”
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I need Feminism because
I need Feminism because my tongue ring and promiscuity do not make me less of a person.
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I need feminism because white feminists need to understand that intersectionality is NOT AN OPTION and neither is including trans* women in the fight.
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I need feminism
“because no means no, not shove your hands down my pants over and over ‘til I give in.”
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Humanity Should Be Examined and Refined
I need feminism because cultural and social enslavement to unnatural, narrow male ideals has been rebranded and fed back to us as ‘liberation’, which is unfair to not only women, but also men through the narrowing of socially acceptable beliefs, behaviours and expressions.
I need feminism because as a woman with small breasts I am seen as less than a woman by both men and women,...
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“I need feminism because the fact that there are female authors in my textbook should not be surprising.”
Especially in a World Literature class.
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We will now begin prioritzing submissions on our tumblr page that follow the original format of our Who Needs Feminism photos, which includes someone holding up a piece of paper or a white board proclaiming why one needs feminism. For examples please see our album entitled “posters.” We have decided to do this in order to channel the original power exuded by individuals’ courage...
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I need feminism
Because my mother said it’s more “acceptable” that my brother is sexually active, and I must “be a lady” and dress conservatively. As a feminist, it is no one’s business if I do or do not remain a virgin, or if I choose to dress how I want.
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I need feminism because
…My body modifications do not make me less beautiful than someone who has none.
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I need feminism because ‘suck me off slowly, you [rival college] whores’ should not be a line in our official college sports chants.
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I need feminism because...
…in the freeform RPG I play, when my character (a teenaged girl) gets upset that her prom date is ignoring her to flirt with another girl, the player who plays her date says, “She’s awfully possessive, isn’t she?” When his character outright tells mine not to talk to other boys, the player’s reasoning is, “He’s protective.”
Let’s...
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I Need Feminism
because I shouldn’t feel like I have to prove my worth to a romantic partner.
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I NEED FEMINISM BECAUSE OF THE PICTURE BELOW...
I posted on facebook saying that this was inappropriate and how I stopped being facebook friends with the friend that liked this picture. And then another friend decided to stop being friends with me because of it.
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I need feminism because my 18-year-old brother told me today that I need to give up my feminist beliefs when I enter the workforce, because it will “make me difficult to work with.”
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I need feminism because I think there should be...
An SUV with a sticker on the back window saying: “Proud parent of a Hooters girl.”
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I need feminism because
idiots like my BFF’s brother-in-law are more the norm than the exception.
This loser: woke up early to go through his wife’s purse, found her tip money, & took all but $2.00 of it, then woke her up to argue about it.
Saying she lied to him about having money. Money that she stood on her feet for 8 hours to get.
And he thinks that’s how thinks are supposed to be because...
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i need feminism because i’m tired of society thinking it can tell me what a woman “should” and “shouldn’t” look like or be
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I need feminism because at a poetry slam, a man was applauded for talking about doing women so hard the room would be considered a crime scene and a woman was booed for talking about exploring herself and feeling empowered by it.
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I need feminism because all people are fundamentally equal, and society should reflect that.
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Future young women need feminism
Because reality shows cast young women as a bitch for Bad Girls Club, a HO on any dating show funded by MTV, FOX, CBS, NBC, VH1 and countless others, and slut for any of those date a D list Celebrity.
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I need Feminism because...
today [while alone] at work, I was sexually harassed.
When I told him he was being rude and offending me, he basically told me I was asking for it [“I mean, look at how you’re dressed, baby”] because I was wearing this:
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I need feminism because when I was sexually assaulted I felt ashamed to try to say “no.”
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I need feminism because
the only thing that’s harder than being a female feminist, is being just female.
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I Need Feminism
because when I told my good friend I had great news the first thing he immediately asked was if someone had asked me out.
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I need feminism
because I am not a bitch for having opinions.
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I Need Feminism...
Because my classmates make sexist jokes, yet act offended when they are labeled misogynists.
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We need feminism because your sex is not the same as your gender.
I need feminism
Because I shouldn’t have to justify why I’m a feminist.
Because I shouldn’t have to explain over and over that it’s not a movement all about hating men.
Because feminism’s definition shouldn’t be obscure, it should be clear.
Because feminism shouldn’t be needed.
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I need feminism because
My own mother shouldn’t tell me that no boy is ever going to like me because I choose to wear band shirts and because I don’t act or dress “girly”.
Because my friends shouldn’t tell me that it’s my fault guys whistle at me when I wear revealing outfits.
Because my mother doesn’t allow me to go anywhere by myself because I’m a girl and therefore...
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I need feminism
because I asked a female friend if she was a feminist the other day and she said no.
because my follow up question was if she believed in equal rights for men and women and her response was of course.
because I love my body and that is enough. No one else needs to chime in or tell me how to lose weight or change myself to be more like mainstream media.
because I HATE explaining that all...
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I need feminism because other people shouldn’t shame me for wanting to be a single mom
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I need feminism...
Because today at school we braided one of my guy friends hair and put a big bow in it and about 10 minutes into it all he said “I’ve got pretty big balls to be doing this” and I said “why? Because being a woman is degrading?” and he just laughed and said “I’ve gotten 3 compliments from random people in the last five minutes how many have you gotten in the...
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I need feminism
I need feminism —
because a guy I dated in college and was reluctant to sleep with said to me: “My dad says girls are either cheap or easy. At least you haven’t cost me any money.”
because I shouldn’t be afraid to bicycle less than a block from my house in a quiet suburban/rural town.
because when I was only 11 boys from my school surrounded me with their bikes...
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i need feminism because i shouldnt get beeped at whilst walking down a main road in 28 degree heat making me feel uncomfortable for wearing weather appropriate clothing.
i shouldnt have to feel guilty or like ‘i had it coming’ for wearing a dress in really hot weather just because of some disgusting men who think its okay to beep at an under age girl.
