Feminism

As we were handed our syllabus during the first week of school, I could not help but flip through the pages to see exactly what topics we would be covering this year in English. As I skimmed through it, the word Feminism immediately caught my attention. The word was one that had been jumping around in my head for the past few months and I was extremely eager to find out how the unit would turn out to be. To be honest, It was nothing I expected. Maybe it was because I couldn't make the connection or probably I did not put much effort into reading the books thoroughly. Whichever one it was, I did not receive what I really wanted from these texts; a definition. I wanted clarity or better understanding of what feminism really is and what is so important about it.It was only until the mere end of the unit that my expectations were met. a couple of days before Christmas break, Cheyenne suggested we watch a Ted Talks video on feminism which was of a speech done by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian novelist and short-story writer. In her speech, she eloquently described how she had first became a feminist. What I love the most about her speech is that she clarifies what her definition of feminist is. "My own definition of feminist is: a feminist is a man or woman who says: 'Yes, these's a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it. We must do better' " She turns the dictionary's' definition into her own and points out that a feminist doesn't necessarily have to only be a woman, but a man as well.

Ultimately, what I got out of this video is that it is very important to be aware; Alert and aware about issues that we all believe have been corrected, because in actuality these issues are reoccurring and still exist today. Whether the issue is sexism, racism, or discrimination of any sort, we must all be aware of their existence. It's better to know than to ignore.