You know it’s funny, I started reading this and my first impulse was “I’m going to make sure to say, thank you for identifying as a *feminist* in the comment below for sure!” but then I kept reading...

...to your point that we shouldn’t have to thank men or applaud them for being allies. Everyone should be a feminist. The “system” of sexism messes up the world for all of us in different ways -- and feminism is what frees men and women from the awkwardness and pain of living in a world where you can’t trust anyone until you get to know them.

I think it’s amazing that you’re writing about feminism. I wish more men did. Feminism is so often seen as women’s work. Women are the ones being oppressed...and then being asked to clean up the mess. I wish more men would chip in and help us break the cycle.