PowerNoddle

Last week we had a casual chat about two staple foundations. This week, I wanted to chat about something a bit more serious. Essentially, should women be shamed for wearing makeup? It links in with feminism as I feel that we get abused for calling ourselves feminists and still doing feminine things, ie wearing makeup. Firstly, I'd like to address the fact that I don't believe that makeup should be a feminine thing. In order to truly move on we need to knock down the stereotypes and create new pathways. Makeup is literally a beauty enhancer, we have one life and if something can improve it why the hell would we not use and take advantage of it. It sounds blunt but peoples logic confuses me, makeup is basically different colour creams and powders that we put on our faces. Since when is face paint for girls? Partly, I blame the media. Historically, men in tribes and even western actors have used the equivalent of makeup to enhance something, to empower something. I believe that ...

Before I did my research and actually classed myself as a feminist I had a very narrow minded view on what feminism was. In my mind, I thought that it was a group (mostly lesbians with short blue hair -more on that later) that claimed that women are better than men. In some ways I still don't think that it was unjustified because I still see quotes like "I'm a feminist, I've been a female for a long time now   It would be stupid not to be on my own side". I just don't think that feminism is about that, surely it shouldn't be just about females then we're just as bad as men have historically been. Isn't it about men and women being equal, being valued and respected the same. But if feminism is just for females, am I actually I feminist or do I just believe in equality? I mentioned something along the lines of a lesbian with blue hair earlier and I realise that of course that is a false representation of the feminism group. But unfortunately I ...

There is a lot of controversy surrounding feminism and its ethics, so thought that I would share what the concept means to an average 14 year old and why I choose to call myself a feminist. I believe that feminism is equality, its a movement where women and men fight for equal rights. In my opinion, every women of every ethnicity, every sexuality, should be give the exact same opportunities as those that are given to men. To me, it is not about saying that women are better than men, that would be abusing the concept, its really about c hanging the way society views women so that the opportunities that men have historically been given are available for us to.  So that's what feminism means to me, but I call myself a feminist not only to contribute to changing the way society thinks but to recognise the hundreds of years where women have suffered with the tyrannies of being under men's rule. Historically, women have been stifled of any creativity and forced to fit into mens...