Rescued by a Feminist : An Indian fairy tale of equality and other myths: An Indian tale of equality and other myths

by Saloni Chopra

The assumption that you can exist and not be part of change is the problem because you’re still changing this world when you’re choosing to be complacent. Ask yourself if that’s the kind of change you wish to be a part of.

We give birth to children that we cannot afford to educate without being overburdened with loans.

If we cannot accept that we’re all a part of the problem, then how can we even be part of the solution?

Feminism isn’t about you and me, and it sure as hell isn’t about the people that identify themselves as one yet do nothing but cause harm. Feminism isn’t the people that take advantage of the system, nor the ones that pretend to care about lives while they abuse their own rights. Feminism is equality and equity for all. For womxn, for men, and for everybody else.

Feminism promotes uplifting womxn and gives men an opportunity to be more vulnerable. Feminism says why shouldn’t we have more stay-at-home dads and househusbands if that’s what men wish to do with their time? Why shouldn’t we have two people earn in a relationship to take the load off of one? Why shouldn’t queer rights be the same as heterosexual rights, and why don’t we give equal respect to the trans community? Why shouldn’t people be allowed to identify as they instead of him or her? Feminism—because everybody deserves more than just the right to speak; they deserve an audience, they deserve to be heard.