100% Sophie ft. Lucy
Lucy and I were both born into a generation that already had strong beliefs on all types of equality. We were never racists, we never believed women were second class, or thought gay people were going to hell. We always saw people as people. Today we are going to talk about our thoughts on Gender equality and Abortion. In the podcast, I said that I didn't like it when someone labels me as a "feminist"--- and I meant to say feminist with a negative connotation. Sometimes, feminism gets a bad wrap and we are generalized as 'angry women' but that is not true at all! Our main point about gender equality is we don't label ourselves as 'feminist' because we believe that today in 2020 women have an equal chance to gain any opportunity just as men--We just got a new women vice president! Growing up in the 2000s & 2010s we see girls staring in movies, women not afraid to speak their minds, and celebrities like Zendaya or Taylor Swift who are vocal about women's rights. I guess we were trying to say that we never felt that men were 'above us' or women were 'above' men. However, it wasn't always like this... Well, just because we grew up in an equal environment to men, that doesn't mean we can't participate in feminism. I don't see myself as an angry feminist and I don't hate men. I would give myself the label of a chill feminist. The reason why I would label myself as a chill feminist is because If I ever meet someone who ignored my rights, I wouldn't kill them or hate them, I would just ignore the hate and become successful anyways. That is my mindset on all activism: Ignore the hate & succeed anyways. If someone fired me from my job because I was a women-- I wouldn't cry over it or start a strike, I'd just get a new job because time is money and I have bills to pay. Anyways, I hope my perspective on women's rights and activism make sense. I love women's rights (human rights in general) I support it 101%. I also love the history on women's rights it makes me happy.
