What does feminism mean to you?
Feminism to me means advocating for the equality of women. But it also means doing it for all people, not excluding people because of their race, gender, socioeconomic status, religious affiliation, ability , or sexual orientation. Equality has to mean equality for all people, not just your own particular group.
What woman inspires you and why?
Eleanor Roosevelt was a very vocal First Lady who advocated for the rights of African-Americans and for women’s rights. She was often criticized for some of her stances but she said, “Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”
Are there any assumptions about women that you would like to change? And why?
That women can’t or shouldn’t do something. How many opportunities have women been denied because someone said that we can’t do that. What they really mean is we shouldn’t do that because that’s “men’s work.”