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- Here are six feminist activists that are making an impact on gender equity, but still call out progress that needs to happen.
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Mashable's rounded up six activists who can teach you about feminism. Their social media channels are full of lessons you can absorb every day to learn about the do's and don'ts of gender equity, how far women have come, and the progress that still needs to be made.
- Jameela Jamil You may know her as Tahani on The Good Place, but in real life, 34-year-old Jamil is a fervent activist. In 2018, inspired by a meme of the Kardashian sisters that shamed them for their weight, she started the Instagram account I Weigh.
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Adichie's TED Talk "We Should All Be Feminists" has been viewed more than 6 million times on YouTube; she adapted the talk for a book of the same name.
- Cecile Richards After a successful 12-year run from 2006 to 2018 as president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Richards wasn't done with furthering gender equity.
- Rachel Cargle Cargle, 31, is a public academic, writer (whose upcoming Sept. 2021 book I Don't Want Your Love and Light examines the feminist movement through race), and activist who interweaves her anti-racist work with feminism.
- Malala Yousafzai Even though the Taliban had been swiftly encroaching on her home country of Pakistan and restricting girls' access to education, Yousafzai passionately believed in the right to education for everyone.
- Blair Imani Imani is a Black, Muslim American queer activist who, at the age of eight, started a letter writing campaign with her friends to ask the toy company Mattel to create more diverse characters after she noticed there were eight white dolls and just one Black doll.
Read the full article about feminist activists by Siobhan Neela-Stock at Mashable.