Its All About The Women (Reaction to Blog)

While looking through feministing.com, I came across a blog that really illuminated why feminism is relevant today and why others believe it is too. Apparently Kanye West got up at the VMA's and told Taylor Swift that Beyonce should be the one getting the award. Now, the majority of people would agree that this was a rude thing for Kanye West to do, but as I continued to read through the post I came across the bigger issue with the story- the response. Lara, the writer of this post points out the extreme ignorance of Billy Johnson, Jr., the author of an article discussing the incident. Sure, it is probably hard for Taylor Swift's family to see what happened to her but come on! Is that really what this Billy Johnson, Jr. guy thinks is the issue at hand- what Swift's father is going to think about this? Gender is never left out. Sometimes, that is a good thing to make sure we don't ignore it. Other times, however, a story is strictly about humans and the gender really plays no important role. It is amazing to see how a disrespectful act from one human to another can suddenly be turned into a "poor helpless woman" tale. I see no connection between what happened at the VMA's and the gender of Taylor Swift or her father's opinion. So, has the fight towards equality of women and men been won? Clearly not. This blog was a strong reminder that feminism is quite clearly, still relevant.