Shailene Woodley and Feminism

Shailene Woodley and Feminism

5.08.2014

I don't understand the fuss about Shailene Woodley's misunderstanding on what "Feminism" is about.

Personally, I don’t think it’s her fault that she’s unfamiliar with the term. She is probably more well-informed in other things just not with beliefs or ideologies such as feminism. It’s like other people being very much acquainted with this topic and being less knowledgeable on other topics. It is just unfortunate that she is a public figure and that there are certain expectations from people. I can agree that this is a lesson not only for her but for all of us – to learn what is correct from what we now know is wrong. However, she doesn’t have to always say or know the right thing. Good if she does, but she’s a human being like us and she just happened to misuse a term and I doubt if with the intention of offending anyone.

Here is the article: http://hellogiggles.com/shailene-woodley-feminist-just-doesnt-know#comment-419942

Again, nobody's perfect. If anything, to explain the concept of "Feminism" "over and over again" creates no harm but actually raises the awareness of people who are less knowledgeable on this issue, take Shailene Woodley for example.