Feminists that walk the talk don't talk the talk
There is a barrier between feminist theory and the people who need it the most. This is something that academia needs to realize and amend. The strongest performers of feminism, that I know of personally, are women that don’t identify with feminism and feminist theory even though their lived experience says otherwise. These real-life feminist heroines that I speak of are women who enter disputes with their late husband’s families over their rightful inheritance that they need to raise their kids. I am talking about women who resist forced marriages to relatives after the passing of a spouse. The women who make ends meet against all odds and resist oppressive traditions are feminist champions that walk the talk having never talked the talk. However, if you speak to these women about feminism, they often misinterpret your views and have no interest in learning about feminism even though they represent everything that feminism is about. This means that there is a disconnect between the ...