This will be my last post for a little while, but I hope to continue my work with this blog. Whenever I look for current developments in women's rights throughout the world there is always an abundance of pressing issues. This is convenient for my blog but also incredibly sad. Will there ever come a time when the newsfeed will be flooded with elected females and feminist strides, instead of sexism and injustice?
Well here is some good news. Even though I've talked a lot about the bad in this blog, there is also quite a lot of good going on in the world of feminism. Mic.com recently released "The 39 Most Iconic Feminist Moments of 2014." Feminism is once again hitting the spotlight. But it's possible it may stick around for a long time.
The list included a wide variety of people and events. Here are some of them:
- Malala Yousafzai accepted the Nobel Peace Prize
- 13-year old Mo'ne Davis pitched her team to the Little League World Series.
- Emma Watson stunned audiences when she gave a speech to the UN as an official Goodwill Ambassador. She is telling the world that Hermione Granger is so last decade. Now she is inspiring all her young fans to embrace equality.
- Columbia University senior, Emma Sulkowicz carried a mattress everywhere she went in protest. She would do this until her rapist was expelled.
- Even though the Democrats took a terrible beating during the midterm elections, a record of 100 women will serve in Congress.
- Transgender actress, Laverne Cox, has helped open doors for transgenders to come out into the spotlight. She has created a safer platform in which everyone can discuss what it means to be transgender.
- Celebrities such as Jennifer Lawrence, Beyoncé and Ellen Page have become feminist and gay-rights role models. Even though some people have issues with celebrities getting involved in activism, I say why the heck not? Why not have those who already have the spotlight use it to spread words of love and equality?
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has stood up for women in the courtroom. In an interview with Katie Couric, she stated that she would prefer all of the Supreme Court Justices to be female.
- The TV-screen is starting to see more diverse and complex female characters. The character of Olivia Pope on the hit show "Scandal" come out as a feminist.
- Women activists are taking a stand in the Ferguson protests. Women are at the forefront of activism in response to the shooting of Michael Brown. Even though they have not been widely represented in the media, they are the ones doing the actual work on the ground.
This is just some of the many other successes in 2014. But there is more that has to be done. Women have grabbed the world's attention. Now we need to use it properly in order to bring about change.
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