Opinions You Never Asked For

I'm just gonna say one thing about sexism, and then I'll never bring it up again. I think sexism still exists, but I wouldn't call myself a feminist--at least the kind that storm the capital demanding higher pay and a complete language reform to remove man  from every word in existence. My kind of feminism is the kind where I want men and women to be equal: have equal opportunities, have the same regard for their abilities, have the right to not be labeled based on their gender, etc. But I don't necessarily believe that that change will happen by rioting in the city square and belittling men for still wanting to open the door for you. Making a lot of noise might get the government to change laws, but it won't get people to change their attitudes; in fact, it might just make sexism even worse because now we associate all "feminist" women with being crazy man-haters. I see good in the things that the feminist movement is trying to change, but I feel that...

So I guess I'm a blogger now... Not that I have anything against bloggers, besides the fact that I generally believe that they are pretentious and seeking attention. I mean how important do you think you are to dedicate a whole website to your everyday life and assume everybody wants to know all about it? But here I am, so I guess that makes me pretentious now too.  My basic reason for doing this is that I want to practice my writing. For those of you who don't know (which is probably most everyone), I am switching my major at BYU to Editing & Publishing; this will lead me into a career in editing, which usually requires strong writing skills. While I don't think I'm a terrible writer *everyone reading scoffs*, I want to improve my abilities, so again, here I am. Now I know what everyone's thinking, "you're telling me you're a blogger who's not a 'mommy' who loves sharing all her fun cookie recipes and doing DIY projects for her tren...