Feminist Advocates Join Forces at the Las Lomas Feminist Society
This school year the Las Lomas Feminist Society emerged as a powerful and dynamic club. This club was created by sophomores Zoe Larkin and Caroline Francois. With a great turnout rate, the club is hosted in English teacher Ms. Gieleghem's classroom, in room 516 on Fridays. It runs a weekly agenda that includes a brief teaching of historical feminist events, followed by an evaluation of relevant issues, and concluded by a group discussion with a generous amount of tea and cookies.
Along with running an active Instagram account for the club (@laslomasfeministsociety), the LL Feminist Society has done things like sending out personal letters thanking Planned Parenthood and collaborating with the GSA Club for educational movie showings.
While some may believe that the idea of feminism is to solely advance female power and degrade others, its purpose is quite the opposite. The society works to uphold the true meaning of feminism, which is to bring awareness and activate the idea that men and women, of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and races, should have equal rights and opportunities.
"I wanted to create a weekly space of philosophy, discussion, and learning in which all could come excited to learn and all could leave thought-provoked, future-inspired, and vegan-cookie-filled," said co-founder Larkin.
More over, according to other co-founder Caroline Francois, "I think that one of the most important aspects of having a feminist society at Las Lomas is to provide a community for students. . . Feminist society gives students a chance to discuss sexism they see on campus, and then it allows them to create a plan to combat it."
"We have already lined up speakers from the East Bay National Organization for Women. . . We plan to organize a showing of The Hunting Ground, a documentary that discusses rape on college campuses," she said in regards to the club's future plans.
"I hope to create a culture of activism, philosophical curiosity, and hope for the future. I hope that this culture extends beyond our school into our future destination: greater society-university, the workforce, the art world- and I hope that it sows a little feminist spirit in everyone," said Larkin.
