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There's often debate — many times heated — about what feminism means. But the truth is, feminism means different things to different people, and we've found that many women's definitions evolve constantly throughout their lives. While the core dictionary definition is simple and indisputable — "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes" — the way women express their feminism is as diverse as the women themselves.
A lot of young women talking about their concepts of feminism changing drastically during and shortly after college, the time when we're all shedding assumptions from our childhoods and we're eager to redefine ourselves and chase our goals. We see women at that pivotal stage of their lives in Freeform's upcoming TV series The Bold Type, which follows three ambitious women as they launch their careers at a global women's magazine, Scarlet. Inspired by the life of Joanna Coles, the head of Content at Hearst, the show follows Jane, Kat, and Sutton as they build empowering friendships, kick ass in their careers, and embrace their feminism (as well as the coolest fashion!) in a whole new way. To hear from real millennials about how their definition of feminism changed as they entered a new stage of adulthood — much like the heroines of the show — we teamed up with Freeform to ask young women what they used to think feminism was vs. what they think now.
And make sure to catch the series premiere of The Bold Type on Freeform on Tuesday, July 11th at 9/8c!