I'm all for the the recent trans and feminist movements that have been taking place but I feel like so many people are just turning it into some sort of trend to follow.
Like, "oh being supportive of equal rights is cool so I'm into it." Why weren't you into it before? Why are movements on this frontier taking place now in 2014? These kinds of progressions are far past due and should have been dealt with during the civil rights movements of the 1960s or even earlier during the time that the 19th amendment was passed. Of course, in the perfect world, equality would have been there from the start.
Don't get me wrong, I think its great that so many people are showing support, but I don't feel like the support is coming from the right place. A lot of people, especially on this site, seem to be following the leader and are in support of these movements because it's the big thing of the moment. I feel like people are supporting these movements to be liked or to be "normal" and not because they actually care about equal rights.
If you want to show support these movements make sure it is because you actually care about women, transgenders, and everyone in the world to be treated equally and not because you love Orange is the New Black or you saw your favorite blogger post something with #YesAllWomen. Educate yourself about these movements before blindly following them as a courtesy to yourself and the overall objectives these movements aim to accomplish.
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