my own fucking business.

By: Alisha 

My menstruation cycle is not anyones fucking business but my own. Women and men may be different in some ways, but that doesn't mean that discrimination is okay.

Yesterday we had a lively discussion in class about feminism, it's definitions, and what it means to people. Similar to what normally happens in an intro to WMST classroom, most people are shocked by the simple definition of feminism, especially considering all of the stereotypes that normally come to mind when using the "f-word". One of my favorite authors, Jessica Valenti states in her book Full Frontal Feminism that feminism is simply "Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes; the movement that surrounds this belief” (13). While feminist ideology is a complex idea, the definition really is pretty simple and hard to argue with. 

That being said, there still is a lot to learn and a lot of discrimination out there. This article, Why Do Women Still Earn Less than Men? by Time Magazine just goes to show that feminism is still needed, and change still needs to happen. So the next time someone tells you feminism is dead, speak your mind, voice your opinion, and show them what's up!