misogyny

I have nightmares of being a mother at 7 years old / I want to ask my mother if she feels like me too.

I resisted obsession of boy bands and MagCon boys, avoided indulging in makeup until I was in high school, and certainly didn’t claim pink as my favorite color. But why? Why was it necessary for me to avoid these things?

For the first time, I could not look away; I had to acknowledge misogyny as a universal problem, not a mere inconvenience specific to my Eastern society.

While Trump may have empowered some men to feel as though they can proudly say and do racist and misogynistic things, in the end, these systems of thought were in place well before Trump came into office.

I cannot take these unapologetic misogynists of all genders, who are prevalent in Japan, silencing female voices anymore.

So what happens when activists prioritize branding? They downplay the importance of policy for uncritical, often expensive, gatherings and capitalize on the grandiose rhetoric of “empowerment” and “human rights.”