Week 14

I looked up the definition of “Social Activism” and got, “Social activism is an intentional action with the goal of bringing about social change. If you feel strongly about a cause and are working towards a change, you could be considered an activist. An activist is anyone who is fighting for change in society” (https://www.amherst.edu/campuslife/careers/amherst-careers-in/government-nonprofit/picareers/careers/social_activism). It’s quite impressive to be a contributor to social activism because it requires such a skill to deal with multiple types of personalities and attitudes of many diverse people. It’s also important to have really well practiced communication skills. You need to be able to make your points understandable and believable… like to give the people you are talking to a reason to believe you. Like I wrote about in my response to Tuesday’s presentation, I think it’s important to spread your knowledge of feminism if your goal is to inform and teach others in a positive manner. There was that question or statement that knowledge sharing isn’t real feminism. If you are spreading your knowledge to let people know about the things that are going on within the feminist community, that’s definitely quote on quote “playing the role” of a feminist.