I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.

There's so much stigma around HIV/AIDS. It's a challenging issue, and the people that already have been tested and know their status find it very, very hard to disclose their status, to live with that virus, and to even seek out the kind of information they need. This experience of going to South Africa a decade ago really woke me up to the scale of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, how it was affecting women and their children. I haven't been able to walk away from it.

The poetic side of me is Scottish.

Why are we not valuing the word 'feminism' when there is so much work to be done in terms of empowerment and emancipation of women everywhere?

I played with the image, because I think image is temporary. It's a projection. It's illusory.

The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.

My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt of so many things in society.