Greetings!

This is my first post in this blog and it was all started after reading about female actresses who have shied away from being called a feminist. They said, "I believe in rights for everyone" or "You don't see menists around." I saw two things wrong with their views. The first being that the former response is what feminism is. It's the stance of saying, hey men & women will get equal pay for the same job. It's saying, "We in the film industry are going to write better film roles for women that aren't either sex vixen, virgin or mother. (Upon looking up the definition of feminism, I got this from website: Feminism-the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes.)

Secondly, I don't know if they meant the manist excuse as a joke, however I feel that's something shouldn't be taken for granted. Looking at the majority of a group of people, there are those who will say that it's unfair to have a minority have a thing that celebrates their uniqueness. (Whether it's being black, LGBT, a woman or etc.) As someone who is part of all three minority groups, I feel that the reasons for the channels (such as BET *shudders*, and Logo) or even magazines is to empower the group that is being underrepresented.

If one were to click on their television or go to the movie theatre, what majority would you see? And if you were to write down each character you saw, how many times would that character be a stereotype? For LGBT we're lisping men, angry lesbians who want children, crazy bisexuals who are confused and tranny's who are just there for laughs. Or let's look at the role of what women who are people of color. We have the submissive Asian woman, the hot, tempting Latina OR the loudmouthed, usually big, black woman.

Let's face it, people are making these groups to vent and try to create a more balanced version of how they see things versus someone else telling them what they see.

That's why we are trying to have a voice.

*People of color: a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race