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Why I Need Feminism: Stop the Girl on Girl Crimes!
“I need feminism because I’ve got a lot on my plate without a side order of racist, classist, conformist, capitalist, patriarchal bullshit.” (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). When faced with the...
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It’s Time for a Feminist Makeover
“I need feminism because the world needs a makeover”(Photo Credit: Ileana Jiménez) I need feminism because the world needs a makeover. The world deserves the same feminist makeover that my classmates...
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A Letter to My Grama, Who Is Afraid of the Word Feminist
“I need feminism because it defines me as a conscious woman. I have been exposed to a different way of thinking that properly influences my womanhood.” (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez) Dear Grama, I...
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Girl Activists Working to End Gender-Based Violence Speak Out
My feminist classmates and I with the girl activist panelists at the US Mission to the UN (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez). On Tuesday, December 3, a few of my high school feminist classmates and I...
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Breaking Silences Creates a Safe Space for Women of Color
Here I am sharing my own definitions of feminism during our feminism class’s annual International Day of the Girl assembly. I’m breaking silences (photo credit: Lexie Clinton). I agree with what bell...
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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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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#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...
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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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...
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