1. When feminist @LilyBolourian tweeted her selfie with the satirical hashtag #FeministsAreUgly, she aimed to start a movement.
2. Soon @cheuya joined in, tweeting her selfie with the hashtag to help dispel all bored stereotypes about feminists being “humourless” and “ugly”.
3. A movement that urged that women needn’t conform to Western standards of beauty to be lovely.
4. And they briefly made Twitter a wonderful, beautiful, feminist place.
5. Look at this bandana-wearing threat to patriarchy.
6. Here’s a drop-dead gorgeous mocker of misogyny.
The #FeministsAreUgly tag started by misogynists has backfired coz now they have to look at all us ugly feminists :(
— Emily (@emilyxhaimeed)
7. This one feminist is fab even when she’s furious.
8. And this feminist who doesn’t need long locks to be glorious.
"And if your no hair is some cancer sob story I don't want to hear it" oh? #feministsareugly
— ba(l)d bitch (@kasieveggies)
9. Look at these feminists, who can light up a room with their smiles.
#FeministsAreUgly ???????? I see no ugliness, only good genes and enlightenment
— Jules❁ (@thisisntjulia)
10. And this beauty who didn’t even get the memo.
11. This badass proves that the “no horizontal stripes” rule is bullshit.
12. This one can be terrifyingly pretty.
13. This feminist can makes head turn without effort.
14. This one could easily be a supermodel.
15. And you can never be as chillaxed as this free-spirited feminist.
16. We even saw some familiar feminists faces…
20. And Rou Reynolds.
#FeministsAreUgly if a feminist is a person who supports the equality of the sexes then I'm one. And I'm hot as hell
— Rou Reynolds (@RouReynolds)
21. A summary of what we’ve learned today:
update
This post has been updated to include more information about the start of the movement.
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- Four officers are dead after at least two snipers fired at police at a protest in Dallas, officials said.
- The suspects targeted officers from garages during the protest against police violence, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said.
- Two people are now in custody. One suspect was in a shootout with SWAT officers, police said.
