06/06/2026
Let me preface this with, I know who will ignore this post and it's disappointing but I still wanted to share this for those who would take the time to listen and understand. The best advice I have ever been given was "listen to understand, don't listen to react" and that has seriously reshaped my thought process these last few years.
Wanted to start with sharing a story this morning. I was on IG in a deep conversation with a woman who was having an internalized struggle and making some VERY ugly choices as a woman and not budging. In comes this woman who said things that intrigued me, I go to her page (because I'm nosey) and I see that she's "anti-feminist" (which massively contradicts what she was boasting about) and I became seriously baffled how a woman could be anti-feminist in today's world. She seriously distracted me from my current conversation with that. My first thought was "education is free. Understanding feminism isn't a difficult thing." I mean it's 2026. Women have what they have today because of feminism and we can thank our grandmother's and great grandmother's for those right.
The women who stood up and created movements to fight for rights we deserve as human beings are still in our lifetimes. These movements that are so important to what we have today, the voices that we have right now are because of women (and the men willing to stand with them) who said they deserved fair treatment. AND WE ARE STILL FIGHTING.
ALL women should be feminist. Especially if you are reaping the benefits of feminism. Feminism is not a bad thing, it's a great thing.
I got into photography because I wanted to remind women of their beauty. Not just of their physical beauty (because screw societal/Hollywood standards of beauty) but their physical beauty, inner beauty, to showcase their strengths, their individuality. It was my way to support the women in my life.
Feminism should not be hated. The people/political party who mock women and men who are feminist are ignorant of what it is, refuse to educate themselves, and use 5th grade bully tactics to try and demean feminism are sad.
Photography is political. We are the documenters/recorders of wonderful evolution.
Support the women and young girls in your life. Sorry your grandmothers, mothers, aunts, sisters, nieces, cousins. Feminism shouldn't be under attack in any way in 2026.
If you're anti-feminist, I hope you're adult enough to learn what you're truly against.
-voting rights for yourself
-to walk into a Drs office and make decisions for yourself
-have a job after marriage
-have equal pay to your male counterpart
-college education
-a House in your name
-a car in your name
-a credit card in your name
And SO MUCH MORE. If you're TRULY anti-feminist I challenge you to relinquish ALL OF THINGS you have because of feminism.
Feminism is for ALL women. No matter what side of the bridge you are on. If you are a man who loves a woman and you could not dream of taking away her rights, you are a feminist.
Women/feminist activities that you should be grateful to today (this is most certainly NOT the entire list. Feel free to add those who I missed)
-Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797): An English writer and philosopher who penned A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, arguing for equal educational and social rights.
-Sojourner Truth (c. 1797–1883): An abolitionist and women's rights advocate whose famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention challenged the exclusion of Black women from the early feminist movement.
-Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928): A prominent British political activist who helped lead the suffragette movement, using militant tactics to win women the right to vote in the United Kingdom.
-Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986): A French existentialist philosopher whose 1949 book The Second S*x laid the groundwork for modern feminist theory by dismantling the idea that women are defined in relation to men.
-Gloria Steinem (1934–present): A central figure in the second-wave feminist movement, co-founder of Ms. Magazine, and a vocal advocate for reproductive rights and the Equal Rights Amendment.
-Malala Yousafzai (1997–present): A global activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who continues to advocate for girls' rights worldwide.
So to end this REALLY long speech. You're a feminist if you support your rights as a woman. You're a feminist if you are a man who supports the women in your life rights. Feminism is beautiful.
I am a woman who supports the women in my life. You deserve to be seen, heard, respected, honored, cherished. I know I'm on the correct side of this fight.
Are you?
