Which feminists have inspired you?

[Abby]

Malala Yousafzai, also my idol. She is amazing, I am reading her book right now I Am Malala.
Emma Watson too, love her bookclub :)

[Jennifer]

Non Fiction : Emma (obviously); JK Rowling; Malala; Elenor Roosevelt; Aung San Suu Kyi; Princess Diana; My Chemistry teacher; My schools entire HSIE faculty; female athletes like Sally Fitzgibbons, Cathy Freeman, Layne Beachley, etc.

Fiction : Matilda O'Halloran, Aunty Love, Mrs Elsmore, Ms Thrush, and Aunt Ann from A Waltz for Matilda; All women from Harry Potter; Anne of Green Gables; All the women in Little women, and a few of the men; Maggie and Eleanor from Inkheart; Kat Stratford from 10 Things I Hate About You

There are more but these are just off the top of my head

[Patty]

Since her birthday is tomorrow, I would like to mention Alice Paul. She was the author of the ERA and women in the US would not have gotten the vote without her hard work. For more information, I suggest you look here: http://www.history.com/topics/womens-...

[Jackeline]

The love and justice by people.

[Bi]

Virginia Woolf and... Emma Watson of course :)

[Madison]

Mine is Sophia Bush and her characters because they both have saved me. Brooke Davis and Erin Lindsay are my other two. They both have saved me in a million ways I can't describe.

[Diana]

Maya Angelou, Peaches, Kathleen Hanna and Debbie Stoller - editor of Bust ( a great feminist magazine out of New York).

[Jayce]

I didn't realize that people were still commenting on this thread...well, thank you everyone! I'm reading My Life on the Road now, and Ms. Gloria Steinem has become another feminist who has inspired me :-)

[Helena]

- Emma Watson
- J.K Rowling
- Malala

Fictional:
- Hermione Granger
- Luna Lovegood
- Minerva McGonagall
- Ginny Weasley
- America Singer (The Selection)
- Princess Leia
- Princess Merida
- Princess Jasmine
- Mulan

[Neetu]

Nellie McClung and Emily Stowe were pioneers for the women's suffrage movement here in Canada. Their stories are remarkable and should never be forgotten.

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Emma watson
J.k rowling
Evanna Lynch
Bonnie wright

[Airbetz]

Alexandra Kollontai

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Butler, Gloria Steinem, Audre Lorde, Marjane Satrapi, Maya Angelou, Clarice Lispector, Beyonce, Emma Watson, Frida Kahlo, Mary Wollstonecraft, Naomi Wolf, and so many others...

[MeerderWörter]

A few are better than no one.


To my teacher in Psychology and Philosophy:

You didn't limit someone because of their gender. You tried to treat everybody as equal and just as possible. You helped me to understand life better in general. We don't have the same opinion on everything, but our conversations were always respectful and we have seen each other not as superior or minerior, but as equal.

To my former physics teacher and head teacher:

Who also tried to treat each and everyone of us equally. We weren't his students, we were his children for him. He really wanted us to feel well and that we have all the positive feelings and not the negative one's.
With whom I have more in common than you might think and I hope his dreams will become true. In fact, I'd cry if I heard his dreams would come true.



Ms. Malala Yousafzai,

the warrior, who stood up against the taliban and is like the best real-life Gryffindor we've known so far. I admire your strength and courage and willingness to learn no matter what.

And lastly, to the empress of gender parity:

Ms. Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson,

in your speech you opened my eyes, literally, to the obstacles and prejudices men and women are facing just because of their gender. I was beaming in September 2014 when I listened to your speech and have listened to it many times since. Some parts of your speech I know by heart.



fictional:
Ms. Hermione Jean Granger
among

Minerva Mc Gonagall
Molly Weasley
Ginny Weasley
and Luna Lovegood

[Melle]

Storm wrote: "I just read This Common Secret by Susan Wicklund and I was amazed by her. She is one of my newest inspirations and I'm sorry I hadn't read the book earlier."

That book literally changed my life and made me push so much harder for pro-choice activism. What an amazing, strong, interesting woman. I can't imagine having my life at risk for my job!

[Jayce]

MeerderWörter wrote: "A few are better than no one.


To my teacher in Psychology and Philosophy:

You didn't limit someone because of their gender. You tried to treat everybody as equal and just as possible. You helped..."

Wow, that comment has warmed my heart.

[Jayce]

Melle wrote: "Storm wrote: "I just read This Common Secret by Susan Wicklund and I was amazed by her. She is one of my newest inspirations and I'm sorry I hadn't read the book earlier."

That book literally chan..."
Hi Melle!
Have you ever been to this website? It talks about Susan Wicklund's work to provide financial support for women who need abortion care :-)
http://www.susanwicklundfund.org/

[Melle]

Jayce wrote: "Melle wrote: "Storm wrote: "I just read This Common Secret by Susan Wicklund and I was amazed by her. She is one of my newest inspirations and I'm sorry I hadn't read the book earlier."

That book ..."

I haven't but I'm checking it out now! Thanks!

[Nea]

I've already identified as feminist when Emma Watson started working with UN women but I admit that Hermione Granger was a great role model in my childhood (I used to think we are very alike: messy hair, intelligence, good grades).

But one of the most influential woman for me is Elena Poniatowska. I'm not really sure if she identify as a feminist, but she surely thinks like one. When I was approaching to the movement I've read lot about her.

Also Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis, she gave and all new perspective about the muslim world. And, although I don't share most of her opinions, Ayaan Hirsi Ali was a big influence when I started to write about feminism.

[Camille]

Since a long time: My mother (the most fabulous woman ever), Simone de Beauvoir, Marie Curie
More recently: Emma Watson (to me she is the model of the modern woman) and some of my teachers.

[MeerderWörter]

Jayce wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "A few are better than no one.


To my teacher in Psychology and Philosophy:

You didn't limit someone because of their gender. You tried to treat everybody as equal and just a..."

I am glad that I could warm your heart. Well, when I finished my Matura (A-Levels) I wrote a letter to them to thank them. My teachers were really amazing.

[Jayce]

MeerderWörter wrote: "Jayce wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "A few are better than no one.


To my teacher in Psychology and Philosophy:

You didn't limit someone because of their gender. You tried to treat everybody as eq..."

I like that a lot. Sometimes there are few or no words to describe experiences you have with wonderful people, but at least you can always thank them :-) It's wonderful to know that there are teachers out there who are revealing to their students/children (as in the case of your physics and head teacher,) a world as it should be, a world where no one is discriminated because of race, gender, or culture.

[Katelyn (Lost as Alice, Mad as the Hatter)]

http://www.ted.com/talks/kimberley_mo...

Kimberley Motley

[Fiza]

Lydia Davis, Virginia Woolf, Muniba Mazari, Emma Watson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Margaret Atwood and Nyla Matuk.

Almost forgot about Julia Roberts, and especially Anne Hathaway.

[Fiza]

Hella wrote: "Virginia Woolf wrote my favourite book and one of the most important book for feminism: A Room of One's Own. She is my inspiration and my light. And of course Simone De Beauvoir and Doris Lessing, ..."

Yes!! She is the ultimate model for all female writers. And that book is very empowering.

[Katelyn (Lost as Alice, Mad as the Hatter)]

Jayce wrote: "Katelyn (Just Another Bad Hair Day) wrote: "http://www.ted.com/talks/kimberley_mo......"

She is truly inspirational! She is taking on the belief that women are property and do not have the right to be safe in a part of the world where women are treated worse than their sons.

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Joss Whedon and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[Aikya]

- Steig Larsson (and his character of Mikael Blomkvist) - very very inspirational. His writings and books have been very instrumental in shaping my thoughts and ideas and beliefs.

- Shahrukh Khan - a very well known Feminist and Priyanka Chopra (Bollywood actors)

-M.C Mary Kom - a national icon (5 times boxing champion and Olympic Bronze Medal Winner)

-Emma Watson

-Malala Yousufzai

- Both of my older sisters.

Especially outspoken feminists of male gender have inspired me to voice my opinions without the fear of being ridiculed, taken very casually or lightly or heavily opposed in my group. (Yes, many guys at the age of 15 - 25 are anti-feminists and in a group, can be quite intimidating).

[Clara]

Emma Watson and Malala literally they are officially and absolutely feminist

[Jayce]

Katelyn (Just Another Bad Hair Day) wrote: "Jayce wrote: "Katelyn (Just Another Bad Hair Day) wrote: "http://www.ted.com/talks/kimberley_mo......"
That makes complete sense, and I had no idea that girls were getting married at such a young age, whether they liked it or not. :-(

[Karolina]

No one, I never had thoughts that men and women are not equal, I believed they were, and I was just surprised when I was old enough to see it.

But lately I was amazed about a historical feminist from my region about whom I didn't even know much, and now I'm proud and maybe a little bit inspired - Zuzanna Ginczanka.

http://culture.pl/en/article/zuzanna-...

[Jayce]

Karolina wrote: "No one, I never had thoughts that men and women are not equal, I believed they were, and I was just surprised when I was old enough to see it.

But lately I was amazed about a historical feminist f..."
That was a truly uplifting article. Thank you so much, Karolina! It's so sad to know that Zuzanna Ginczanka had beauty which became a so called "curse," as the article states. I wonder if Miss Emma Watson or anyone else will ever suggest that we read a series of poems for this book club....

[Paige]

Emma Watson, Gloria Steinem, Jennifer Lawrence, Malala.. As for fictional characters, Hermione Granger, Katniss Everdeen, Minerva McGonagall, there's so many!

[Paige]

You should definitely read it if you get the time, all of the Hunger Games books are brilliant, and Katniss is an amazing character! :)