Seeing the incredible things that these organizations have accomplished over the years made me realize that such work wouldn’t have been possible without the deeds of young people like me. While I was putting together the Third Wave site’s Past Grant Initiatives page, it was like reading a history book and realizing that and some point I would become a part of it, in my own small way. Here in this tiny corner of the world, I am also in the thick of the gender justice movement – joining conversations, keeping people informed, and learning a little more about the activist community. This is a huge part of the reason why I wanted to become an intern at Third Wave: I saw it as an opportunity to be a part of something bigger than myself. Most of my friends will get angry when faced with bigotry, but not many of them have gotten to use that energy to fight back positively. So what would make me want to spend my summer interning for an organization like Third Wave? My friends and family know that I’m a radical feminist, and they know that I’m queer, but most of them can’t answer that simple question. If I had a dollar for every time I’d heard that this summer, I’d be so loaded that I wouldn’t even need that supposed “real job.” I guess some level of skepticism makes sense: I’m a college student who lives in microscopic town where the word “feminism” isn’t exactly popular.
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