Lindy West Feminism

Lindy West is a journalist who writes mainly about feminism, body image, and social justice. In one of Lindy West’s articles, What No One Else Will Tell You About Feminism, she writes about what it means to be a feminist. She uses slang and profanity to grab the audience’s attention and to make her points known. She also uses some humor to appeal to her readers. This article is based off a lot of emotion from a strongly opinionated woman with some facts. Aside from stating what feminists are, she also states what they are not. Feminist are people, man or woman, who believe that women should have the same rights as men; there are three different waves of feminist dating back to the 19th century. Feminism, according to West, is not a “radical movement” or an “embarrassment fraud.” (West) It is simply just wanting equal rights, as well as, equal opportunities. She states that anyone who denies what feminists stand for is basically a bad person, an idiot, college freshman, baby, or a ferret. For her, there is no in between. She uses these words to persuade

They felt as if the word “woman” is not a general term and has more than one meaning. There are different types of womanhood, sex slaves, trans-women, middle class white women, etc. Lindsay West goes on into another rant to explain that women do not exist to pleasure men. Basically, women do not have to look a certain way or conform themselves into the mold that men think they should be. If a woman wants to cut her hair, she can! If a woman is fat or skinny, short or tall, she is still beautiful! If a woman wants to have hair on her body, men should not shame her for that. Bottom line is, how a woman look is not any of a man’s business. This speaks to women who want to feel empowered! Women hate to feel body shamed, or feel like they have to look good for a man! Many women would look at this part of West’s article and agree with