Over the weekend, I was casually talking with some people about politics at a school-sponsored event. We were discussing whether we were pro-choice or pro-life and I ended up mentioning that I was a feminist. To my surprise a couple of other girls I previously had never spoken to told me they were also feminists. They are both underclassmen (well, underclasswomen) so this means that someone can succeed me in the club after I graduate this year! I mentioned starting a feminism club and they thought it was a good idea!

Ok, I have not gone through the "official" club formation process yet, but I will soon!

I never would have imagined that this would happen while I was still in high school. I always was like "well, next year when I am actually involved in activism, I will do __________". I would think of ideas, but hesitate to discuss them because I was afraid of what people would think of me.

Any high school feminist group leaders or members, I want you to get in touch with me ASAP( my email is LilithianNun@gmail.com ) . I want to know what other groups do and possibly start a high school feminism clubs alliance. I mean, many high schools already have clubs such as Young Democrats, Young Republicans, Gay-Straight Alliance and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. All of clubs are politically based or promote some sort of agenda that could be related to politics.

I think that there needs to be more feminist activism in high schools. High school is a time when people change and face all sorts of problems that could be alleviated if they knew how to empower themselves and move beyond rigid social expectations. I know my first few years of high school would have been better if I had known about feminism then.

So, I guess my final message is:

STOP WAITING UNTIL COLLEGE!

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December 10, 2008 5:02 PM

[0+]  allisonjayne said:

first, yay you! this sounds awesome.

i was involved in activism when i was in high school - i was part of a local riot grrrl collective. we didnt' all go to the same high school though, so it wasn't 'official' in that sense. we met weekly in coffee shops, our homes, etc. we did pretty simple actions like making stickers to put on tampon machines (or, for those in the collective that went to catholic schools, on the anti-choice/anti-sex ads in their washrooms), postering and chalking outside of 'teen pregnancy centres' (that were anti-choice/religious centres in disguise), that kind of thing.

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December 10, 2008 7:11 PM

[0+]  spiffykt said:

Oh, wow, that's so cool!

Thanks for the "don't wait until college" message - always something I need to hear, as a senior counting the days to graduation, haha. Unfortunately, I've got too much on my hands with lit mag to start a whole new club, but I'll definitely be on the look out for small-scale acts of activism.

Good luck with your club!

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