Overwhelmed: Am I a Good Feminist?

Alekszandra Rokvity
8 min readSep 20, 2022

Feeling Small in the Wake of Political and Religious Misogyny

As a self-proclaimed and active feminist, I’ve been having a lot of complicated feelings lately. Let’s give them some context first.

Afghanistan: Erasure of Women

In August 2021, Afghanistan was once again taken over by the Taliban. From my cozy one bedroom apartment in Europe, surrounded by fluffy pink pillows and walls full of feminist art, I scrolled and scrolled. I watched harrowing videos on…

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Alekszandra Rokvity

Activist. Feminist. PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies and Medical Humanities.