Three Easy Ways To Identify an Afrofeminist
I enjoy seeing the spectrum of reactions a young African - and very Christian - woman like me receives whenever I introduce myself as a feminist. There is the shocked reaction: "How can this goody goody church girl be feminist?!" To this category of persons feminism is 666, the mark of the beast. Being a feminist is the act of selling your soul to the devil. Then, there is sometimes the subtle name-calling: "No, you can't be a feminist. Feminists are angry women who burn bras and hate everyone with a manhood". Or, "feminists are noisemakers who don't know what they want and have not...