AnonymousAw thank you! We’ve not called a proper definitive end to it hence no formal goodbye - but I think all our lives have changed a lot since we started and none of us have the time to vlog like we used to. Maybe we’ll make videos in the future, but I don’t think regular or consistent vlogging is on the cards for any of us these days.
Jenn xx
Ah this is such a lovely message thank you! <3
Well it depends what you mean by involved. As far as I am concerned, you don’t have to go to groups or attend marches to positively make a difference in the world. Simply talking to your friends and family and people you know about shit stuff in the world and living your life in a way that is authentic to your beliefs does a lot to challenge and resist oppression.
But I assume this question is more about how to get involved with the more active modes of resistance and general feminist-queer community. In which case, looking out for local feminist/queer groups is invaluable! Googling feminist/queer groups in your area could be a big help - there might be book clubs or something or regular meet ups and social activities or organising activities.
Looking into charities and volunteering opportunities (if that is accessible to you) might also be good for getting more involved. Once you enter those spaces and create more relationships with politically active people…it’s hard to not to get involved in everyone’s side projects and you get this regular stream of updates and work within those communities so there’s plenty of opportunities to be like ‘oh i’ll give you a hand’.
And if there is a lack of any of those things around you, or none of them are quite right - make your own! I know Steph, who’s done some rad vlogs on here, set up a feminist book group in her area. You could try something similar, or a discussion group.
Lastly online community is amazing and energising and also has the advantage that if you are getting burnt out and need a break from activism you can log off (harder to do in real life sometimes when all your friends are involved and your support network is rooted in the very thing you need a bit of a rest from). It also means that you can engage with EVERYONE IN THE WORLD and not just people who are geographically close to you. Feminist blogs have been so key in the growth of my feminism because it gave me the opportunity to listen to a lot of women’s voices and learn from them, their experience and their wisdom that just isn’t represented in more mainstream and popular discourse.
I hope some of that helped!
Much love,
Jenn xox
Aw thanks <3 not sure how good we’ve been at maintaining it (at least not me). We’re all friends in person, although we kind of got talking about it online before everyone had met everyone and then we got to be friends with Subi after she joined…but we all live p far away so don’t all see each other often.
Jenn xx
Trigger warning for eating disorders/disordered eating, self harm and racism
“When I was thirteen years old I began starving myself. I did so, in short, because I wanted so desperately to be thin. And by thin, I mainly meant white.”
This is a FANTASTIC article by one of our guest vloggers and all round wonderbabe, take care reading because parts can be triggering, but I found it really healing.
Aww thank you for sending such a lovely message! I’m so glad our videos have had such a positive impact, this is exactly why we wanted to make them ^_^
Hooray for body positivity and self confidence, you’re awesome <3
- Becca x
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AnonymousI AM SENDING YOU CUDDLES FOR SUCH A LOVELY MESSAGE. I’m so glad you liked the show! And EXACTLY. Anyone who has a problem with your body is exactly the kind of dirtbag not worth your time.
Jenn xxx
