Hey, this is Bridgett and this is Annie.

And you're listening to Stuff Mom Never Told You.

So some of y'all might have listened to my good friend Annie's first official, Sminty

episode as a co-host all about bad feminism, our feminism, how we became feminists.

And honestly, I was so inspired, Annie, by your poignant sharing of your kind of, sometimes

a bumpy journey to feminism.

Yeah, very kind of bumpy.

And I was very honestly shy to tell that story and come out swinging of the gate.

I am a bad feminist, but the response from everyone has been so great and so welcoming.

And I really appreciate it and thank you, Bridgett, for convincing me.

Like, you've got to do this.

It's nice to share that with listeners, that this kind of journey that we're all making

mistakes in and trying to be better in and this community that helps us all, hopefully,

get better at being feminists, even if we are still making mistakes.

Definitely.

And that's sort of our kind of semi-model for the show, learning and growing together.

But I think the response that we got from you being so honest about your feminist journey,

a lot of people identified with that journey, they said, I often felt like I couldn't call

myself a feminist or I would feel like I'm not feminist enough or, you know, I'm not this

enough or not that enough.

So it's certainly something that people grapple with.

I also thought it was really interesting that you talked about the ways that the earlier

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