Andrew Jenkins
AJ is a full time student at California State University Long Beach double majoring in Communications and Women & Gender studies. He is committed to the development of the feminist & queer identity through both theory and practice. AJ is a self-proclaimed queer feminist who enjoys activism, coffee, great literature, and passionate political debates. He is vice president of the Speech & Debate team and a committed member of the Women Studies Student Association at CSULB, who is also in the process of starting the first Choice USA chapter on Long Beach’s campus.
What is feminism?
In my honest opinion, feminism is a constantly evolving movement aimed at dismantling patriarchal social constructions of gender and sexuality. It is a movement that functions both in theory and practice as an effort to increase consciousness, deconstruct male privilege, and put an end to sexism, racism, homophobia, classism, ageism, and other various forms of discrimination that continue to permeate themselves within social and political relations.
What is choice?
Choice is a fundamental aspect of feminism and human equality. As long as women are denied the fundamental right to determine their own worth as viable human subjects capable of making important decisions about their bodies, sexism and violence against women will be inevitable. Choice is about bodily autonomy and integrity. It’s about the ability for all people to be self-determinate and free from normative understandings of sexuality, gender and reproductive health.
E-mail AJ: aj@feministsforchoice.com
