“When a woman is assertive, it’s given a different title than what would given to a man,” the outspoken YouTube phenomenon recently told MAKERS. “That can impact the woman’s thoughts and also the way that she expresses herself. But it shouldn’t.”
“Women have always been told we cannot. We have to stick to certain societal norms and act this way, look this way, and be this way when there’s no need to conform. There has never been a reason to conform,” Koshy says. “It’s about being very firm in who you are and not letting anybody else tell you who you are.”
Spoken like a true TroubleMAKER. Koshy—who has a following of 14 million strong on YouTube—also injects her feminism into her YouTube Red show Liza on Demand, in which she addresses sexism “from being catcalled, from being told to ‘smile, beautiful!’ from saying I can’t do a job because I’m not a man. This show gives archetypes the not always perfectly manicured middle finger—all through humor,” Koshy told more than 500 feminists gathered at the 2018 MAKERS Conference.
For Women’s History Month, Koshy shares her list of the TroubleMAKERS who have inspired her to unapologetically raise her voice—from actress Zendaya to comedian and activist Chelsea Handler to Mama Koshy. Oh, and she has some ideas for who she’d like to vote for in 2020. (Michelle Obama, we’re looking at you.)
Read more: https://www.makers.com/blog/youtube-liza-koshy-stop-telling-women-we-cant
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