9 Feminist Moments of 2019 Worth Reliving

December 27, 2019 December 30, 2019 2 min read By Anamika Talwaria

The feminist movement is making leaps and bounds. From stand-up comedy to musical protests, we’re looking back at some inspirational feminist moments of 2019.

1. Thousands of women worldwide gathered together, inspired by a Chilean rap song in a movement fighting rape culture. It wasn’t my fault, nor where I was nor what I wore.

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A post shared by Women Talk Chile (@womentalk_cl) on Dec 2, 2019 at 8:55am PST

2. This was my favourite moment — Jameela Jamil was invited to guest edit Stylist magazine and she smashed the patriarchy one page at a time.

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A post shared by Stylist Magazine (@stylistmagazine) on Aug 27, 2019 at 7:13am PDT

3. The biggest blockbuster franchise of the year released their first female-lead film by way of Captain Marvel, which was awesome and proved that men are very often useless.

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A post shared by Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel (@captainmarvelofficial) on Feb 23, 2019 at 10:31am PST

4. Shani Dandha launched the UK’s first-ever Asian Woman Festival, talking about brown identity and what it means to be an Asian woman. Brown Girl Magazine’s U.K. team were also there representing Ladki Power! We’re predicting big things for this movement in 2020.

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A post shared by ASIAN WOMAN FESTIVAL (@asianwomanfestival) on Apr 1, 2019 at 10:06am PDT

5. Time magazine’s Person of the Year, 16-year old Greta Thunberg was attacked on Twitter by President Donald Trump — and hit back with levels of sass and sarcasm we can only aspire to!

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A post shared by humanity > politics (@inclusiveactivism) on Dec 12, 2019 at 9:27am PST

6. Thousands of women in India took to the streets in protest against the government’s inaction after a series of brutal rape cases and violence against women. Swati Maliwal, Chair of the Delhi Commission for Women has gone on a hunger strike.

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A post shared by Swati Maliwal (@swati_maliwal) on Dec 9, 2019 at 6:36am PST

7. Indian stand-up comedian Aditi Mittal made strides in comedy, showing that women, and yes, brown women, can be funny too.

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A post shared by Aditi Mittal (@addymitzy) on Oct 5, 2019 at 6:39am PDT

8. Body positive icon, Lizzo, was named Time’s Entertainer of the Year. It’s a huge step for women of colour and the body positivity movement. #feelinggoodashell

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A post shared by Lizzo (@lizzobeeating) on Dec 11, 2019 at 7:40am PST

9. And finally, our Brown Girl Magazine Slashie Summit was a hotbed of women supporting women and raising each other up. It couldn’t have been possible without you, so keep up the fight for the year ahead!