In the last week, while so many people took to social media to speak out about Sarah Everard’s disappearance and all that it symbolises, I stayed silent.
So much was being said, and I was drowning in it. But the thoughts, feelings and fears that have lived with me since I was a girl slowly began to simmer, bubbling up to the surface — to this.
Google feminist influencers and you are met with listicles from the likes of Global Citizen, The Culture Trip, Evening Standard and Elle – but who decides what criteria makes for a feminist influencer?
Photo by Greg Kantra
After reading Not Dressed as Lamb’s blog post on how much to charge for sponsored content, a sentence struck me and it dawned on me that earning money, decent and fair money, from your own blog or social media account might be enough to count as feminist action.
Call me jaded, if you will, but as soon as #MeToo began to spread across my social media I simply rolled my eyes.
It felt like another worthless social media exercise; a feminist bandwagon we all jump on and then slowly but surely abandon. Remember #yesallwomen?
It did, however, trigger some deep thought in me…