9 WAYS TO BUILD A FEMINIST FUTURE

1. Commit To Your Cause: Commit to your ideals. If you can afford to give time, then give time. If you can afford to give money, then give money. You can always do something to make the word a better place for women and girls!
   
2. Help Elect Progressive Women: Congress is still 84 percent male. Just think of how our society of congress were progressive women. Support feminist candidates running for office... or run yourself!
   
3. Speak Out: Speak out against sexism, homophobia, racism, ableism, ageism, sizeism and all the other "isms". Do it loudly and proudly. By speaking up, you help other speak up, too.
   
4. Love Your Body: The pressures to conform to impossible standards for a woman's body is overwhelming. Instead, strive to be healthy, love you body for what it is and love yourself for who you are. Make healthy decisions and encourage other women in your life to do the same.
   
5. Take Action: From attacks on reproductive health care to the fact that women are more likely to lack health insurance, women's health and safety issues need to be at the top of the political agenda. Let your representatives hear loud and clear what you think about these Issues.
   
6. Read, Read, Read, Write: When you read something that inspires you to action, write about it to inspire others. Read the newspaper and write a letter to the editor. Read Internet blogs and post your own comments. Exchange ideas. Raise your voice and raise your pen!
   
7. Be A Good Ally: Educate yourself about all struggles for justice and equality - including ones that may not seem to affect you personally. Find out what you can do to help. None of us are free until we all are free.
   
8. Start A Conversation: The personal is political. Talk with your family, friends and community about the ways sexism, racism, and homophobia affect them personally. Use these personal associations to create political awareness that can lead to activism.
   
9. Support Women-Friendly Businesses: Put your money where you mouth is. When you spend money, ask yourself, "Who is profiting?" Make an effort to find local women-owner and women-friendly businesses and give them your business.

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