“OUR DAUGHTERS RUBY
SARAH CASSIE
I went out with this guy on Tuesday and he talked for a half hour about what he does for work and so in my head, just to see what happens, I was like, ‘Okay, I’m not going to say anything until he asks me about my job.’ So he keeps talking and then he finally stops and it’s silent and really awkward, so finally I was like, ‘Do you want to know what I do?’ That’s happened to me. Me too!
CASSIE
TINA
SHOULDN’T HAVE TO RYAN RUBY
SARAH
And when males interact that’s one of the first things they ask each other. Maybe because it’s a competitive thing. When women talk to each other, it might be like that, you know, ‘I do this job and it’s really cool,’ and it might be a little bit competitive. But if I have a crappy job but I’m more attractive than you, that almost trumps that. I work with a lot of low income families and most of the time the women end up having the better paying jobs. I’m seeing that a lot now and it’s really exciting.
RUBY
comes over he’ll say, ‘Oh, you’ll make a great wife one day.’ Growing up I feel like my mom was the kind of person that said, ‘Whatever the fuck you want to do, go ahead and do it.” Yeah, she was very powerful but she’s also Italian.
I feel like our mothers’ generation is so different because they tell us to do whatever we want but my mom’s whole life has been stereotypically feminine. She got married and she was a stay at home mom and my dad makes all the money and calls all the
HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.” RUBY EVERYONE RUBY CASSIE
MARISSA
Do you guys think that all women are inherently feminists? No. I think about that a lot. I feel like all women should be for women’s rights. I didn’t start to fight for women’s rights until very recently. I didn’t understand what being a woman meant in that way. I feel like women aren’t taught to fight for themselves as much. Growing up for me, my family was like, ‘You’re the girl, you have to clean up the table and cook.’ And when my grandpa
CASSIE RUBY
SARAH
financial shots. It shows how far feminism has come. Do you think in 20 years we’re gonna be having this conversation and saying, ‘I really hope my daughter succeeds.’ Our daughters shouldn’t have to have this conversation.