Louise McSharry

I'm really disappointed any time I hear a woman say they're not a feminist, to be honest.

Because I'm like, how can you not be a feminist?

And particularly when it's couched in, men are vulnerable too.

Men need protection.

And it's like, well, you have clearly misunderstood what feminism is.

I'll be honest.

There was an interview that I recorded for this podcast with someone and this person said specifically in the interview that they were not a feminist.

And I don't often edit things out.

And I did edit it out because I knew that it wasn't consistent with this person's actual values.

And I knew that it would be a sticking point.

And that it would take away from everything else that this person had said.

And again, this is like someone who's, you know, kind of of a similar generation to Shania Twain.

And I just felt like it wasn't fair actually to put it out.

Yes.

And that has like sat with me.

I've sat really like I've been uncomfortable with that since I did it, you know.

And I did it to protect the person on because it just didn't feel really relevant actually to the conversation that we were having.

And I felt like it would completely derail things.

But this is a conversation that we need to have because the villainization and demonization of feminism is wild.

Like, you know, I remember 20 years ago, all of a sudden everybody was talking about feminism and it was really cool to be a feminist.