1 Beyoncé: feminist. At MTV VMA's in 2014
Beyoncé: feminist. At MTV VMA’s in
2014
watch video: Emma Watson Un speech
It’s all about the image
Feminists have been trying for a long
time now to recreate the image of the
female gender. They don’t want women
to only be stereotyped as emotional, soft
and caring, but also as strong,
individualistic and fierce. They are trying
to show that women are capable of
doing many things, being a mother and
a businesswoman at the same time for
instance. But the recreation of the image
of women and of the image of being
feminists is hard. Both unfortunately still
have a negative image. Being a feminist
doesn’t mean that you’re anti-man,
isolating and aggressive as it is often
perceived. It means that you stand up
for women’s rights and empowering
women. This negative image influences
women not to identify themselves as
feminists.
Celeb(rating) feminism
Feminism is getting a lot more
attention nowadays than it used to get,
because of all the publicity it gets. One
of the reasons for this phenomenon is
the group of celebrities that openly
present themselves as a feminist. These
women inspire young women to stand
up for their rights, be individualistic and
fierce. Besides that these women give
feminism more publicity, they also help
feminism improving their image in
appearance. Since the image of
feminists as women not shaving their
legs and dressing manly still exists.
They show that you can have the ideals
of gender equality and dress like a
woman. Being a feminist and feminine at
the same time. They also show that you,
as a woman, don’t have to be afraid of
labeling yourself a feminist. One of the
best known celebrities in Pop culture
that represents herself as a feminist is
Beyoncé, who clearly represented
herself a feminist on her latest album:
‘Beyoncé.’ On this album you’ll find
tracks like ‘Pretty Hurts’ in which she
sings about the pressure that lies on
women to look perfect and the song
‘Flawless’ in which she literally sings
‘We should all be feminists.’ Besides
Beyoncé other cel