11/10/16

What the fuck do we do now?

My teenage cousin and I were grabbing coffee the other day and talking about podcasts. I typically listen to a lot of feminists talk about about everything from vaginas to poetry.
He asked me if I was "one of those feminists"
the kind that protests everything
the kind who don't wear bras
and purposely don't shave

I was embarrassed/angry, because no, I am not, but...
                                                            maybe I am.
I hardly ever protest. I have very strong opinions on sex, the wage-gap, slut-shaming, nipples, and everything in between (DOWN WITH THE PATRIARCHY), but besides a rambly Facebook post every once in a while, I don't typically protest in the traditional terms.
I love not wearing a bra, and I am so into the nipple trend, but unfortunately I have larger breasts and they get sore if I don't wear a bra all day... so I can't also free the nipple.
I definitely shave. Not sure why, but I remember my dad being really grossed out when I wouldn't shave in high school because none of the other girls were on my basketball team. i thought it was funny, but I was kind of grossed out by myself after he mentioned it. So I shave, not constantly, but typically I am get my situations situated most of the time.
So am I one of those feminists?

Is this the set stereotype of a feminist, no longer just man-hating women, but obnoxious, saggy, and hairy women? I am none of those things, and I still shake when I see men grab at women when I go out. I cringe when a woman is referred to by her husband's name. I cry when my boyfriend tells me I am crazy because it's that time of the month.
 I don't think this is fair. And I don't think this is wrong.

After Donald Trump was elected into office, I went to sleep hoping it would change.
When I woke up it was official, he was it.
The man who thinks men should grab women by their pussies, mocks women who aren't slim, refers to his own daughter as a beauty that he might have a go at it she wasn't his daughter.

I cried. I felt violated. I still do.

If I wasn't "one of those feminists" before
I am now.
Just fucking wait.

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