“ If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that feminism is inconvenient. It will make you less “fun;” it will make you seem humorless and crazy in the eyes of others; it will make you think ugly thoughts about the people you love. There are times when I want to shut down my brain — when I wish I were one of those people who accept things as they are, focus on the “fun” parts of being female, and never bother to try to change the status quo, even a tiny bit. And then I realize that I hate those people, that they frustrate and infuriate me … But what is there to be done? You can’t simply shake someone into caring about a cause. You can talk about it, and you can write about it, but as I noted above, neither seems to do much good. If you do discuss these things, you’re creating oppression where none exists, you’re a humorless spoilsport, or you just don’t realize how good you have it here in the U.S.A. And believe me, I do.
— Kat (via amberlrhea)
