My Views on Third Wave Feminism (and more) by EarthGwee, journal
My Views on Third Wave Feminism (and more)
Hoo kay. Get ready for a long read. It's gonna get heavy fast. I'm operating on a lot of emotion so some of this may come across as vague.
Back in spring of 2014, I signed up for a Women and Gender Studies course at my state university. At the time and even before then, I didn’t think much of it. I considered myself a moderate feminist with a little bit of self-awareness. But it was self-awareness only to a point. I was aware to the point of not wanting to hurt the feelings of others, being a people pleaser. The only reasons I remember signing up for this course was because it was for my Art Studies degree and I thought it’d be e