being a feminist is shit expensive.
Let’s add racial justice advocate, social justice advocate, human rights advocate, child rights advocate, environmental justice advocate to the list. You are a feminist, so duh, you jump on the bandwagon. Are they even exclusive?
Where do we begin?
Ethical and sustainable clothing
You condemn fast fashion because factory workers who lost their lives in Rana Plaza haven’t been paid yet. So you want to promote ethical fashion because you don’t want to support capitalistic companies, but ohhh boiiii Chanel’s little black dress would look so good on you.
You want to buy that plant butter over the dairy butter; you want to buy organic eggs; you want to buy fresh fruits and vegetables, all organic.
Bras — a good cotton bra, lingerie, silk, satin bras — money, money. And who the fuck even invented bras? Not a single bra-wearing friend of mine says that they love having wires beneath their boobs for 16 hours a day! And of course, of course, we will buy that Victoria’s Secret bra or that La senza bra [thank goodness for sales]. I attest I am brain/pink/something-washed enough to feel ‘sexy’ with that lingerie.
And suddenly self-love is makeup — animal cruelty-free btw
Pads/menstrual cups/reusable pads/tampons — pink tax :)
And you fight — you fight hard and strong — you fight at home, at schools, colleges, universities, family functions, social media, everywhere bro
You fight with yourself, and with each new information you check yourself
And you also need to make sure the world knows that you have fought with yourself, because oh boi, you might be discarded by this woke generation
You need to fight; you have the pressure to fight, you have to, you have to because silence is violence but be kind to yourself
Self-love and self-care — buy a packet of chips and a bucket of ice cream, okay?
Mental heatlh — salalal lalal alaal — down the drain
Btw you no longer have insurance, here’s a simley :)
You fight again to break the stereotypes against mental health
You are mentally exhausted, but you can’t stop talking, no, because silence is violence
talk, write, READ, share, talk, shOUT, SCREAM
So you do voluntary work on this — individually or with organizations
Because you feel bad, you feel bad for the company, for yourself, for others
ohhhhh and you are PASSIONATE; your passion is BurNNNIIINNGGGGGG
but you aren’t getting paid, okay? sorry, no funding; here’s a sad emoji :(
but we really VALUE YOU!
Congratulations, you are now officially a statistics — 83% of social workers**
Being a feminist is shit expensive.
In this economy, how will we even survive?
You know what, I want to be selfish. I no longer want to take the burden of the wrongs in the world on my shoulders. Not now, at least. Let me be rich enough before that, and I’ll see what I can do. No, I’m not lying.
*** 83% of social workers are women, based on a non-thorough google search, july 2021.*