Girl Meets World‘s Rowan Blanchard a Better Feminist at 13 Than Many Adults

I love when teens give me hope for the future. The star of the Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World, 13-year-old Rowan Blanchard, was recently asked on Tumblr about intersectional feminism (so, first things first, props to Blanchard’s fans for having these intelligent, nuanced conversations!). Blanchard, who apparently takes her feminist study very seriously (even if the show she’s on doesn’t), wrote a thoughtful response in a mini-essay on Instagram that is smart, accurate, and demonstrative of a willingness to grow even more. She’s not a thirteen year old who “thinks she knows everything.” She’s one who’s smart enough to know that she has more to learn, and that conversation is one way of doing just that.

Check out her response below:

Part 1. By me

A photo posted by Rowan Blanchard (@rowanblanchard) on Aug 22, 2015 at 12:31am PDT

Part 2. By me

A photo posted by Rowan Blanchard (@rowanblanchard) on Aug 22, 2015 at 12:31am PDT

Part 3. By me 💕💕💕

A photo posted by Rowan Blanchard (@rowanblanchard) on Aug 22, 2015 at 12:31am PDT

What do you think of Ms. Blanchard’s response? And how would you help Blanchard, or any other young feminist, grow in her feminist knowledge and activism? Give us your suggested reading, websites, and visual media lists below!

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Teresa Jusino (she/her) is a native New Yorker and a proud Puerto Rican, Jewish, bisexual woman with ADHD. She's been writing professionally since 2010 and was a former TMS assistant editor from 2015-18. Now, she's back as a contributing writer. When not writing about pop culture, she's writing screenplays and is the creator of your future favorite genre show. Teresa lives in L.A. with her brilliant wife. Her other great loves include: Star Trek, The Last of Us, anything by Brian K. Vaughan, and her Level 5 android Paladin named Lal.

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