Or what it is like to be the only angry woman in the room a lot of the time and why it is necessary.

Also why I am really grateful to my parents!

I will start with the why I am a feminist and why I had trouble with the concept…

The concept and the label feminist used to worry me.

I used to say, I am not a feminist, I am in favour of equality for all people including men.

I used to say I am not a feminist because I didn’t want to be seen as a man hating shouty woman.

I used to say I am not a feminist because I didn’t understand what one really is.

I am not professing to be an expert, but I will tell you what I have learned and what I now believe being a feminist is.

Being a feminist is…