Feminist Pride Day 2012

Nohemi, 21

This is a Latina Feminist from Oakland, California/Wellesley College

Melissa, 21, from Wellesley College

“Non ministrari sed ministrare.”

Katie, 21, Wellesley, MA.

This is what a Wellesley College feminist looks like … standing up for her rights and the rights of her siblings at Boston’s Walk for Choice.

Being a feminist, to me, is more than just talking the talk … it’s about DOING… it’s about standing up, having a voice and making change in whatever way you can.

Check out all Wellesley College submissions to the Feminist Portrait Project. Want to get your school featured? Email us at feministcomingoutday@gmail.com.

Roxy, 22, from Wellesley College.

Feminists look like … me  :-)

Feminist Coming Out Day At Wellesley!

Check out all the fabulous events happening at Wellesley College all week long! We’re super psyched to have a women’s college on board our campaign :)

WELLESLEY COLLEGE
Wellesley, Massachusetts

SRR + SHEs + WEED + SJFSF = Environmental Feminism
Monday March 7th, 8-9pm in the HOOP

Tabling by Democracy Rising and Amnesty International
Tuesday March 8th, 11am-4pm on the 4th Floor of the Wang
Learn about International Women’s Day and wear pink for Feminist Coming Out Day.

A Talk by Sonalini Sapra “The Wall Behind the Door Gender, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice in India”
Tuesday March 8th, 4:15pm-5:45pm in the Multifaith Center, Main Room

“Emerging Perspectives on Family and Inequality” a presentation and dialogue featuring Joya Misra and Karen Hansen
Thursday March 10th, 4pm in PNE 212

[Facebook Event Page]

• Question: how the hell was wellesley left out of this list??? - Anonymous
• Answer:

  Here’s the deal with our campus partners: there are a ton of feminists who have submitted to our project, but only some of them come from partner schools where a student organization has committed to promoting our campaign by soliciting “portraits” from their community. Many are also hosting on-campus events on March 8th and throughout Women’s History Month as part of the Feminist Portrait Project/Feminist Coming Out Day.

  Partnerships are a mutually beneficial endeavor. We want to create a more inclusive vision of contemporary feminism, but given that we’re a two-woman operation based largely in the East Coast (and one of us is a student who can’t travel often), it’s hard to organize at a local level on our own. Partnering with student activists allows us to get a larger and more geographically diverse number of participants involved. Students, on the other hand, do not always have the chance to reach national audiences, even if their efforts have a powerful impact on their local community. Planning a new event, particularly something as ambitious as a community portrait gallery, can also be a very daunting task. We help out by providing ready-made publicity materials, a tested game plan, and a website that allows them to showcase their hard work and maintain a record of their particular campus’ involvement (on local school pages). Some media outlets have also picked up on events that they might not have otherwise heard of, which is another great benefit of building a site with central listings.

  Though it’s easier to participate through an officially recognized club (an existing organizational structure, more funding options from your school, etc.), there’s no reason why a group of like-minded individuals couldn’t do it on their own. In the case of Wellesley, we simply didn’t have any contacts there ourselves, but we’ve noticed a stream of submissions coming from your students, so we just set up a community page. If you want to get a online or on-campus Feminist Portrait Project going for your school, just get in touch with us at feministcomingoutday@gmail.com. We’d be happy to talk!

  Keep the portraits rolling in! It’s great when these things happen organically :)

 Women deserve nothing less than the best !

Betsy, 19, from Wellesley College.

This is what a Latina feminist from the Bronx/NYC/Wellesley College looks like!  Thanks for starting this movement :)