Oh, good, there's a feminist thread that isn't pointless bickering and people claiming all feminists are bad because of Tumblr and like-minded people. Thanks for making this thread, dude
Since I have absolutely no clue what's going on, I'll just answer the questions in the op.
- When and why did you become a feminist?
I guess I was always a feminist cause I always thought women should be equal to men, but I never knew what a feminist was until my fifth grade teacher explained it to me.
- Why do you think feminism is still relevant to today's world?
Many women are subject to sexism all around. Men have been wrongly considered as superior throughout history, and it still lingers in some areas. In others, sexism is still in full force.
- What is difficult about being a feminist in general?
People. It's always people. Whether it's people thinking all feminists are extremist man-haters or the man-haters themselves, people are the biggest problem for me.
- How do you think feminism gets treated in the MLP fandom?
Eh, it really depends on who you're talking to. I've seen bronies who think feminism is great, an others who think it's shit. I'd say the fandom has mixed opinions.
- How does MLP support your feminist values?
It's a show with female characters that aren't just damsels in distress all the time. Also, girls aren't in any way under represented, which is nice.
- How do people react when you say you're a feminist?
I really don't tell people I'm a feminist, simply because it's never comes up. I'd hope it would end well, but you can never be sure.
- What is awesome about being a feminist?
It's nice talking to people who think similar to myself on certain topics. Gender equality is one of them.
- How has feminism affected you personally?
It's actually sort of helped me with my transition from female to male in a way. Granted, I'm pre everything and not out yet, but I've been raised in an environment where girls(or in my case "girls") actually allowed to wear dudes' clothing, which would have never been allowed happened 50 years ago. Cause y'know, gender roles and all. It makes me feel better about myself that I'm not forced to wear a dress.
I guess that's it, since I have no answer for the last question.