Typically, Tumblr is a joyful place of gifs, weirdly relatable/profound thoughts, and borderline creepy fan fictions. Sometimes, though, it's a sad, sad place where people unite to share thoughts that kind of make us want to weep for humanity.

'Women Against Feminism' is a Tumblr that has been getting a lot of attention recently for all the wrong reasons. It's a place, as the name suggests, where women who are anti-feminist unite to talk about why feminism sucks, how rape culture "doesn't exist", and why they "don't need" feminism.

It's a site that is extremely depressing to look at, because these are women who firmly identify as people in opposition to feminism. They don't see why feminism is necessary and they don't see how it can benefit them. They feel let down by feminism. They've been exposed to bad stereotypes of feminism, and the generally sexist representation of women as a whole. As a result, they truly believe that feminism is about playing the victim.

They think that feminists hate men, that feminism is about belittling men in an attempt to elevate the status of women. These are women who believe feminism is a movement to justify the behaviour of "sluts", demonize men, and patronise women.

The Tumblr is filled with posts that say things like "I have the exact same rights as men", and "there is not one single right that men have that women do not also have. Not one." It's easy to see these kind of opinions and feel genuine anger, but, maybe, it's better to look at this Tumblr and ask WHY these women believe this so strongly. Perhaps it's because big news sources rarely discuss the status of women in places like Saudi Arabia, where women can't drive, and can't vote until 2015. Maybe it's because these women just don't realise that in Yemen, women are not legally allowed to leave the house without their husband's permission. Maybe these women are being exposed to news sources that sympathise with rapists, casting rape victims as girls who made poor moral choices.

It's disheartening to know that there are so many women out there who GENUINELY believe that women have completely equal rights. It's even more disheartening that these women view feminism as a toxic force, a "poison" that hurts women rather than helps them.

Women are NOT granted equal rights to men across the world. Every day, women are raped. Every day, women are undermined, and belittled, and hurt, for the singular reason that they are women and this is how our society treats women. To truly believe that there is no work to be done, no progress to be made, is a mindset that is deeply concerning.

The thing is, this Tumblr doesn't actually hate feminism - they hate a particular idea of feminism, and, for some reason, don't see the world as an unequal place, but really, they are NOT anti-feminist. We hope. The women on this page, we assume, do believe in equal rights. It's just that they think equality has already been achieved. So, to them, feminists are angry, whiny, and against men.

Yes, sometimes feminism gets distorted, especially on a place like Tumblr. The people with the strongest, most radical views tend to be the ones who shout the loudest, and so they're the only ones that get heard. Feminism is not an exclusive club, or a way of policing women. It is simply the belief that someone's gender should not diminish their rights. It's about equality - not putting men down, or portraying women as victims, or asking for special treatment. You can be any type of feminist you want - pro-life, pro-choice, anti-shaving, pro-bikini waxes, WHATEVER - and as long as you believe that being female shouldn't mean that you get treated unfairly or unequally, you are a feminist.

It doesn't matter if somone who identifies as a feminist expresses views you don't agree with - that doesn't mean you can't be one too.

What we need now is to straighten out our collective understanding of what feminism actually is. Please, no more celebrities saying they're not feminists because they "love men" or "believe in equality".

Feminism is about equality for men and women. That's it. It's that simple.

All images from the womenagainstfeminism Tumblr

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