Come on Down to Feminism Club

Corida Cooperwood, Staff Writer

Body language. Violence.  Friendzone. You couldn’t imagine these topics being talked about in a high school club, but the Feminist Club covers them all, and more.

“It’s a great club to join; you actually get to voice your opinion on the subject and it may open your eyes to some things that you never really thought of as sexism,” senior Danielle Laudick said.

The Feminist Club  meets every Friday, in sponsor  Lindsey McFall’s Room 279.

This club is for people  to learn about why it’s  not OK for people to verbally abuse  young people. Senior Katie Imes, started the club to raise awareness of problems and to promote the feminist issue.

“It’s an opportunity for people to learn about something new or to clear up some false information that they have about feminism. It also falls in line with my favorite thing about South—the open, supportive atmosphere that the students have created,” McFall said.

With that being said, a variety of students have already joined the club, not just girls.

“It would be fun to be around other people who believe the same things I do and share our beliefs and ideas concerning feminist issues,” senior Ethan Stone said.

This club is for any and everyone , especially freshmen according to Laudick. She believe this club isn’t too advanced for freshmen.

“In fact a lot of freshmen should join or else the club would just die once we leave,” Laudick said.

McFall agrees.

“Sex education is just one of the hundreds of topics that we will explore. I think that anyone with an open mind and a willingness to listen is mature enough for the club,” McFall said.

When joining this club members  will learn about the advancement women have made in the world, but also talk about how  to this day women are oppressed or criticized for what they say, wear, think, believe.

“[We hope to explain] what feminism is and why we need it.  We also want to talk about violence against women, entitlement and , the different generations, and just daily life for  feminism,” Imes said.

Members  have different perspectives of what they  want to talk about in future meetings.

“Just certain gestures or things that you hear a lot of people, and mostly freshman and sophomores that are actually really degrading not just to women but everyone,”  Laudick said.