USA TODAY

Despite her history of progressive activism, including campaigning for Bernie Sanders and getting arrested for protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline, Shailene Woodley didn't previously identify as a feminist, claiming in a Nylon interview that "it’s still a label" with the potential to "divide" society.

Now, Wooley has changed her tune, telling the New York Times that she's ready to call herself a feminist, even suggesting we'd be better off in a matriarchal society.

"I would today consider myself a feminist," she said. "If females start working through the false narrative of jealousy and insecurity fed through a patriarchal society, then not only will we have more women feeling confident in themselves and supportive of one another, but we will start introducing a type of matriarchy, which is what this world needs."

"We need more softness and more silence and more pause through the chaos," she continued.

Woodley, who was nominated for a best supporting actress Emmy for Big Little Lies, also pondered the possibility of running for office.

"There was a point last year when I was working for Bernie Sanders where I thought, 'Huh, maybe I’ll run for Congress in a couple years,'" she said. "And you know what? I’m not going to rule it out. Who knows? Life is big, and I’m young."

The Emmys air Sept. 17.

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