True feminism is acknowledging that you have been influenced by the patriarchy and then fighting against it. I don’t know where we went wrong but feminism is NOT playing the victim and claiming that you’re completely helpless to societal pressure. If you want to fight for women and for yourself, go makeup free. Volunteer at women’s shelters. Boycott corporations that make money off of women’s insecurities. You can make the choice to participate in stupid sexist beauty rituals, but don’t try and water down our movement by calling yourself a feminist.
















