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Feminist Coming Out Day: A How-To Guide Feminist Coming Out Day and the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day is TODAY, and we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate. So far, our online Feminist Portrait Project has compiled over a hundred submissions and we have over a hundred more which will be published throughout the week. What can you do to brandish your feminist pride? Here are just a few ideas: Tweet about Feminist Coming Out Day using the hashtag #afeministlookslike to tell your followers what feminism looks like today. Show your face on Facebook. Make a customized poster and post it as your profile picture for Feminist Coming Out Day. Do a status update saying “<—- is what a feminist looks like”. Invite your friends to our global Facebook event, and post your thoughts on feminism to our fan page. Write a blog post reflecting on your experience with gender inequality, the intersection of feminism and your identity, your feminist “click” moment, or any topic related to our campaign. Submit the link and we’ll include it as part of the Feminist Portrait Project. Finally receive our “This Is What A Feminist Looks Like” button or tee in the mail? Submit a photo of yourself wearing it! Didn’t order one yet? Get them before they’re gone on March 31st. Meet and mingle with other feminists. Throw together a party to take feminist “portraits” of your friends. Plus, if you live near one of our campus partners, there will be events open to local communities on March 8th and throughout Women’s History Month. There are also a ton of DIY t-shirt-making events that are being planned independently. Don’t forget to send in your event photos online and via email (to feministcomingoutday@gmail.com). Donate, subscribe, or give a gift subscription to Bitch Magazine, our charitable partner and the recipient of proceeds from our t-shirt campaign. Come up with a particularly cool or fun way to celebrate Feminist Coming Out Day? Let us know about it and we’ll share the idea with our supporters. Reblog this post!

Feminist Coming Out Day: A How-To Guide

Feminist Coming Out Day and the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day is TODAY, and we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate. So far, our online Feminist Portrait Project has compiled over a hundred submissions and we have over a hundred more which will be published throughout the week. What can you do to brandish your feminist pride? Here are just a few ideas:

  1. Tweet about Feminist Coming Out Day using the hashtag #afeministlookslike to tell your followers what feminism looks like today.
  2. Show your face on Facebook. Make a customized poster and post it as your profile picture for Feminist Coming Out Day. Do a status update saying “<—- is what a feminist looks like”. Invite your friends to our global Facebook event, and post your thoughts on feminism to our fan page.
  3. Write a blog post reflecting on your experience with gender inequality, the intersection of feminism and your identity, your feminist “click” moment, or any topic related to our campaign. Submit the link and we’ll include it as part of the Feminist Portrait Project.
  4. Finally receive our “This Is What A Feminist Looks Like” button or tee in the mail? Submit a photo of yourself wearing it! Didn’t order one yet? Get them before they’re gone on March 31st.
  5. Meet and mingle with other feminists. Throw together a party to take feminist “portraits” of your friends. Plus, if you live near one of our campus partners, there will be events open to local communities on March 8th and throughout Women’s History Month. There are also a ton of DIY t-shirt-making events that are being planned independently. Don’t forget to send in your event photos online and via email (to feministcomingoutday@gmail.com).
  6. Donate, subscribe, or give a gift subscription to Bitch Magazine, our charitable partner and the recipient of proceeds from our t-shirt campaign.
  7. Come up with a particularly cool or fun way to celebrate Feminist Coming Out Day? Let us know about it and we’ll share the idea with our supporters.
  8. Reblog this post!

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