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The “Angry Black Woman” Has Every Reason To Be Angry
“Ignorance is bliss.” This is a phrase I am just now beginning to understand as I enter my young adulthood as a Black woman. As children, we are all ignorant to the many harsh realities of the world,...
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How to Love as an Asian Woman
“To be a woman is to grow up quickly,” writes Monika Radojevic. It seems we’ve never been given the chance at real childhood, for girlhood is about growing up quickly and growing up for good. Girlhood...
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Why I’ve Become a Pick-Me Girl of Color
I’ve come to believe that life is all about acceptance. As humans, we crave love from each other just as we all crave a place in the world. No one enjoys feeling rejected. It’s almost as if the...
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Why Feminism Needs Trans-Men and Why Trans-Men Need Feminism
“What does feminism mean to you?” “I’m not really sure what feminism means to me, or how I and my experiences ‘fit in.’ Especially post my social [gender] transition, it’s something that feels not...
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How Donald Trump Changed Our Country and the Way I View The World
My family at Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009. In 2009, when I was four years old, my family traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend Barack Obama’s first presidential inauguration. At the...
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Misogyny in Islam needs to stop. What does an Egyptian Muslim man have to say...
When someone hears I am a Muslim, I am often asked: Do you believe in women’s rights? Why are women in your religion forced to wear that headscarf? In our society, there is a lot of miscommunication...
View ArticleIt Is The Responsibility Of White Boys To Learn About Intersectionality
From a young age I was introduced to the term feminism both at home and in school. As a young, white, cisgender, heterosexual boy growing up in a predominantly wealthy, white community in New York...
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#HSfeminism is back on the blog in 2021
The last time our readers enjoyed our postings was when the New York City-based high school feminists who run this site through my women of color feminisms class drafted their posts in December 2018...
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Breaking the Silence on Patriarchy as a Young Latino Feminist
Starting from an early age, young men and boys subconsciously form ideas about gender identity through the hypermasculinization of men and hypersexualization of women that are depicted through media...
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Why does my Puerto Rican, Jewish, Lesbian Mother Use the Master’s Tools?
When I recently saw a cartoon of President Trump sticking a post-it note with the word “Sucker” written on it on Senator Susan Collins’s back, I immediately thought of my mother. Only my mother is not...
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Fighting Against Sexual Harassment in Schools as a Young Feminist of Color
Last year, when students discovered LREI’s lack of a thorough and inclusive sexual harassment policy, students and some faculty members took immediate action and began to write a sexual harassment...
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Say her name. Recognize her work. Value her life.
“We struggle with black men against racism while also struggling with black men about sexism.” This line from the Combahee River Collective’s Black Feminist Statement has stayed with me since the first...
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Black Womanhood: A Self-Revelation
“Black women have a long tradition of bonding together. We have a distinct Black woman-identified folk culture based on our experiences as Black women in this society; symbols, language and modes of...
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Recognizing Privilege and Rejecting White Feminism as a Young White Woman
My feminism class after we finished our “mic drop” International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women assembly, 2017 (Photo credit: Jonathan Hodge) After the assembly my high school...
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A Little F’d Up: The Trials and Terrors of a Young White Woman Entering Feminism
In the middle of seventh grade, I felt as if I were winning The Great Feminist Race. I was the one with a feminist book that at least four girls in my grade asked if they could borrow. Even my teacher,...
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“Well Meaning” White Progressives Must Examine Privilege
In the recent election of President-elect Trump, I felt vulnerable knowing that racist and sexist rhetoric allowed Trump to win the election. I have always felt threatened by the rhetoric of white...
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Resisting Trump Using My White Immigrant Privilege
In this time of great change, when the protection of people of color and other marginalized groups is overlooked by a hateful political dialogue, how can the broader American community ensure that all...
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2016 Election: White Women Support Status Quo
Going into this year’s presidential election, I felt alone in my anxiety over the outcome. After all, almost every poll predicted a comfortable Clinton victory over Trump; some news sources even said...
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How do I perpetuate oppression as a young white woman?
I’ve always considered myself to be an ally and an activist, but until recently, I never stepped back to look at the ways in which I personally perpetuate various systems of oppression. Due to the fact...
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Got Privilege? A Queer White Girl’s Epiphany
In Jamie Utt and Jarune Uwujaren’s article Why Our Feminism Must Be Intersectional (And 3 Ways to Practice It), they list three ways to practice intersectionality within the practice of feminism. In...
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