'Working with kids from Uganda, now kids from Mexico, and younger girls at my school in New York taught me that for feminism to become a movement that encompasses all women, as many strands of it aim to do, it will have to take on a more global character.'
In third grade, I thought feminism meant that the girls in my class all had to be nice to one another. In fifth grade, I thought feminism was working hard so that when I grew up I could be paid the same as a man. And in seventh grade, I watchedand thought I had to become famous to be a successful feminist.
Having attended an all-girls school from age seven, I had a limited take on what gender inequality meant. After all, I was really only exposed to one gender on a regular basis, and we were all equal, at least when it came to gender. But I saw, or thought I saw, what was going on globally, with the ramp-up to the 2016 election and Donald Trump ascending to the nation’s highest office following the Harvey Weinstein scandal and others.
On one hand, as a Mexican girl living in the U.S. for most of my life, I wanted to share anything that I knew firsthand could build up the confidence of these young girls. I also wanted to stay sensitive to their cultural differences.
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