Scarlett Curtis

No two people experience feminism in the same way, but each perspective is valid and important.

Feminism did not happen to me. Feminism was not one moment. Instead it has been the result of a series of events throughout my life, and the people who turned each of those events into a tiny informative experience.

My heart, on the other hand, soars at the mention of the dynamic princesses of fairy-tale dreams, their lofty ideas, hopeful hearts and glorious tresses. I agree with my mum, shrug off the notion of feminism for tonight and rewatch The Swan Princess for the second time this month. Tomorrow, I decide, I’ll dredge up Matilda, Jo March and Hermione Granger who I can cite as suitably studious, substantial literary feminist influences, all of whom I liked but didn’t idolize, unfortunately.