Except I Am

Reasons I Am Told I Cannot Be A Feminist
Culled from Books, Message Boards, Web Pages and Conversations by, for, and against feminists

1. Because I shave my legs.
2. Because I color my hair.
3. Because I wear skirts.
4. Because I wear dresses.
5. Because I wear high heels.
6. Because I had plastic surgery.
7. Because I had breast implants.
8. Because I had vaginoplasty.
9. Because I am attracted to men.
10. Because I still am attracted to women.
11. Because I've read a few books on feminism.
12. Because I've only read a few books on feminism.
13. Because I have a vagina--now.
14. Because I didn't have a vagina--then.
15. Because I don't have a cervix.
16. Because I had a penis.
17. Because I had male privilege.
18. Because I had white, male, middle-class privilege.
19. Because I still have white, middle-class privilege.
20. Because I wasn't raised as a girl.
21. Because I look like a dude.
22. Because I look like a woman.
23. Because of who I was.
24. Because of who I am.
25. Because I dare call myself a woman.