'Neerja' Actor Sonam Kapoor Talks Feminism With BuzzFeed India
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I know from my own experiences on Twitter that when you so much as mention women’s rights and empowerment, hordes of strangers come out of the woodwork to invalidate you with slews of irrelevant questions built upon such false notions: If you’re so feminist, why are you wearing lipstick? If you’re so feminist, why do you wax your legs? If you’re so feminist, why do you like pink? Why do you like men? Why do you wear heels? Why do you watch rom-coms? Why do you bake? Why do you give blowjobs? Why do you read Vogue?
And, unlike Parineeti Chopra, I don’t even have 6 and a half million followers.
They’re all asking: If you’re so feminist, how come you’re doing all that girly shit, bro?
If you’re so feminist, how come you’re not matching my expectations of what feminism looks like?
It's easy to focus on the challenges ahead for Indian women. It was one of those stories that was destined for this blog post tonight. It gives me great please to share such an empowering woman and new movie playing in the US, because that bad news will keep for another day. ~ Anne
