We are more than just feminists

Randomly scrolling down my Instagram feed, I encountered a post from a well-known student media

Platform which stated and I quote “Girls college do not produce Graduates, they produce Feminist”.

A wide smile arose on my face as I looked up to see my graduation cap hanging on my room’s wall

and a small note written by my professor: never forget the value of equality.

Girls colleges all across the country are known for their quality of education, overall personality

development and performance in all spheres. Many young girls work hard to enter one such college

and come out as a better human being. Makeup, gossip, catfight or aggressive screaming feminist is

not the definition of a girl’s college. Instead, Girls colleges provide a brilliant atmosphere where

clothing choices are driven by comfort rather than any norms, discussion over a cup of coffee could

go anywhere from upcoming elections, organizing a pride march, Chole Bhature cravings, sale in

Sarojini Nagar to flaws in the recent budget announcements. Talks about brands and makeup would

casually take place but it would also accompany with discussions on how capitalism and how big

brands leads to exploitation of poor workers and create unnecessary desires by unrealistic

advertisements. Recent videos of beauty bloggers and influencers would appear as hot topics of

discussions but a dialogue on trolling, issues of mental health, online harassment would also come

along. Yes! We are proud feminist but also, we are proud environmentalist, activist, journalist,

advocates, house makers, doctors, writers, dancers, actors, analyst, teachers, government officials

and everything else.

The tag of “radical feminist in making” on each girl’s college needs to be side-lined. When we

graduate from our “college” we all are more than just feminist, we come out as knowledgeable,

sensitive, more accepting human beings who not always want to be perceived on the bases of our

gender. We all are more than that, we are young women who are trained to be unapologetically

ourselves”.

By Deeksha Tiwari