I am a 20-something primary school teacher in the UK.I enjoy reading, eating, photographing and travelling. I studied medieval history at university and have continued exploring my love for the period by visiting historical places in the uk, going to museums and reading in general.
I am in the process of updating my blog so that it's a bit more organised - to help give me a sense of focus but also cause it's been bugging me for a while!
I am a feminist, so there will be some feminist postings on here as well. I may even get political - it's something I tend to do, though I rarely do it when it's to "the void". It's usually in discussion with somebody else. I've been more active again lately, what with the People's Vote march and anti-Trump protests to go to.
For those of you wondering, "is she a man hater?" "is she a WHITE feminist tho?" and all other manner of questioning that saying "I am a feminist" produces, I will say this:
I believe in the social and economic equality of men and women.
I believe that while white women need feminism as well, women of colour, women with disabilities, women of other economic backgrounds to me and women in the LGBTQ community have different experiences and it is important to listen to them and to support them, rather than shout over them or take over their movements.
Intersectionality is important - if feminism isn't raising every woman to the same level of equality as white women, then it isn't feminism.
On that note, I would like to add that I believe men benefit from feminism in as many ways as women do and it is important to involve them in feminist things. My husband is a feminist and a wonderful one - he listens and will re-evaluate his beliefs when I or other women tell him their perspectives are different to his. He uses his position as a white male to confront the problematic views of his friends, colleagues and family and to encourage them to think about what they are saying/thinking/where their views come from. All men should be encouraged do this, and I think excluding men from the conversation entirely (obviously within reason and depending on the context) is unhelpful.
I would like to add that my blog was started when I was in my very late teens, during my time at university when I began to really grow into myself. If you do find something problematic or troubling in posts from 2010 - 2016, then please bare in mind that I have grown, I am constantly learning and educating myself and I acknowledge that not everything I did or said, when growing up was perfect or unproblematic. (Who has a perfect past?)
Everybody is on a journey (to use a cliched phrase) and we all start in different places. It's not just about where we've been, it's where we go.
