How to pronounce "feminism"

and we are tokens no more.

Without these efforts,

without taking these stands,

our accomplishments are going to mean very little.

We can commit these small acts of bravery

and hope that our choices trickle upward to the people in power --

editors, movie and music producers,

CEOs, lawmakers --

the people who can make bigger, braver choices

to create lasting, meaningful change.

We can also boldly claim our feminism --

good, bad, or anywhere in between.

The last line of my book "Bad Feminist" says,

"I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all."

This is true for so many reasons,

but first and foremost, I say this because once upon a time,

my voice was stolen from me,

and feminism helped me to get my voice back.

There was an incident.

I call it an incident so I can carry the burden of what happened.

Some boys broke me,