“Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes,” Aunty Ifeoma said. “Defiance is like marijuana — it is not a bad thing when it is used right.”
~Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Lately I’ve been all about empowering women, it is so easy to get down on yourself as a female these days. I just feel like we all need to hear that little voice saying “You’re better than that”. Its not all about how a man treats you or how society treats you but more about how you treat yourself SLJ (self love journey).
I know that we have been told time and time again, what NOT to take from a man and how we should carry ourselves, but I don’t think it’s getting through. With a plethora of media types, showing us how we should look, telling us how to behave, we get lost in that. I won’t even mention the shows we watch that make men think its normal to sleep EVERYWHERE (not just around) and women think that as long as they’re number 1 then they’re good. Don’t Be Stupid. What you see on reality is not reality, and it certainly isn’t something you should adopt as YOUR OWN reality. Stop being stupid.
Anyway, I’m a feminist and I have not always been this way, I used to be a bit of a…well I don’t know, I had to get my self esteem right together and fast, and that’s what I did and am still currently doing. I’m just trying to take some people with me.
If you want to know if YOU too are a feminist, take this 3 second quiz (literally) from Buzzfeed. http://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes/are-you-a-feminist
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