I Think That Feminism Is

I Feel Like That When I Read Certain Feminist Blogs Or Feminist Magazines, Where It's Not Even So Much We've Gone Backwards, It's That I'm Bored. Or It's Like, Oh Wow, Kids Today Are Still Dealing With The Same Exact Issues.

I'm More Interested In A Feminism That Ends Discrimination For All People. It's Not Just About A Woman Becoming The Ceo Of A Company Or Something. It's Connected To Racism And Classism And Gender Issues That Go Beyond The Binary.

I Realized That Calling Yourself A Feminist Or Not Calling Yourself A Feminist, Just By Being In A Band Of All Girls, It's All You Talk About.

I Was In A Band In The '90s Called Bikini Kill, And We Were So Freaked Out About Documentation Then, And There Was The Whole Thing, Not Just About The Male Gaze, But That People Were Going To Misrepresent You... A Kind Fear Of The Mainstream That A Lot Of Us Had.

In 1985, I Was Living With My Sister In Virginia, And Since I Was Still In High School, I Worked At Mcdonald's To Save Money To Get An Abortion. It Sounds Really Terrible, But It Was The Best Decision I Ever Made. It Was The First Time I Took Responsibility For My Actions. I Messed Up, Had Sex Without Contraception, And Got Pregnant At 15.