奇玛曼达·恩戈兹·阿迪契（Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie）是来自尼日利亚的小说家。最近她在美国著名女校韦尔斯利学院2015年毕业典礼上发表演讲，与即将踏入社会的女生们分享了她对女权主义的独到见解和一些人生建议。

早在1997年，希拉里·克林顿于北京发表了一场关于女性权益的著名演说;2014年，艾玛·沃特森也在联合国发表了“He for She”的女性主义主题演讲。这些演讲掷地有声，均引起了良好的社会反响。但直到现在，女性遭到不平等对待的现象仍然普遍，我们暂且撇开客观因素，扪心自问：自己是否做到了力所能及的事。恶势力要想取胜，只要足够多善良的男人和女人选择袖手旁观就可以。就像艾玛说的那样，在需要我們站出来却感到害怕的时候，可以这样问自己：如果不是我，那又该是谁;如果不是现在，那又该是何时！

So hello， Class of 2015， Congratulations！ And thank you for that wonderful welcome. And thank you President Bottomly for that wonderful introduction.

I have admired Wellesley—its mission， its story， its successes—for a long time and I thank you very much for inviting me.

You are ridiculously lucky to be graduating from this bastion of excellence and on these beautiful acres. And if the goddesses and gods of the universe do the right thing， then you will also very soon be the proud alumnae of the college that produced Americas first female president！ Go Hillary！

Im truly， truly happy to be here today， I am so happy to be here， in fact， that when I found out your class color was yellow， I decided I would wear yellow eye shadow. But on second thoughts， I realized that as much as I admire Wellesley， even yellow eye-shadow was a bit too much of a gesture. So I dug out this yellow—yellowish—headwrap instead.

And so as you graduate， as you deal with your excitement and your doubts today， I urge you to try and create the world you want to live in.

Minister to the world in a way that can change it. Minister radically， in a real， active， practical， get your hands dirty way.

Wellesley will open doors for you. Walk through those doors and make your strides long and firm and sure.

Write television shows in which female strength is not depicted as remarkable but as merely normal.

Teach your students to see that vulnerability is a HUMAN rather than a FEMALE trait.

Commission magazine articles that teach men HOW TO KEEP A WOMAN HAPPY. Because therere already too many articles that tell women how to keep a man happy. And in media interviews， make sure fathers are asked how they balance family and work. In this age of ‘parenting as guilt， please spread the guilt equally. Make fathers feel as bad as mothers. Make fathers share in the glory of guilt.

Campaign and agitate for paid paternity everywhere in America-paid paternity leave everywhere in America.

Hire more women， where there are few. But remember that a woman you hire doesnt have to be exceptionally good. Like a majority of the men who get hired， she just needs to be good enough.

It was as though feminism was supposed to be an elite little cult， with esoteric rites of membership.

But it shouldnt. Feminism should…feminism should be an inclusive party. Feminism should…feminism should be a party full of different feminisms.

And so， Class of 2015， please go out there and make feminism a big， raucous， inclusive party.

And as you graduate today， I urge you to think about that a little more. Think about what really matters to you. Think about what you WANT to really matter to you.

All over the world， girls are raised to be make themselves likeable， to twist themselves into shapes that suit other people.

Please do not twist yourself into shapes to please. Dont do it. If someone likes that version of you， that version of you that is false and holds back， then they actually just like a twisted shape， and not you. And the world is such a gloriously multifaceted， diverse place that there are people in the world who will like you， the real you， as you are.

I am lucky that my writing has given me a platform that I choose to use to talk about things I care about， and I have said a few things that have not been so popular with a number of people. I have been told to shut up about certain things—such as my position on the equal rights of gay people on the continent of Africa， such as my deeply held belief that men and women are completely equal. I dont speak to provoke. I speak because I think our time on earth is short and each moment that we are not our truest selves， each moment we pretend to be what we are not， each moment we say what we do not mean because we imagine that is what somebody wants us to say， then we are wasting our time on earth.

I dont mean to sound precious but please dont waste your time on earth， but there is one exception. The only acceptable way of wasting your time on earth is online shopping.

Okay， one， one last thing about my mother， bless her. My mother and I do not agree on many things regarding gender. There are certain things my mother believes a person should do， for the simple reason that the said person ‘is a woman. Such as occasionally nod and smile even when smiling is the last thing you want to do. Such as strategically give in to certain arguments， especially when arguing with a non-female. Such as get married and have children. Now I can think of fairly good reasons for doing any of these. But‘because you are a woman is not one of them. And so， Class of 2015， never ever accept “Because You Are A Woman” as a reason for doing or not doing anything.

Congratulations.

2015届的学子们，你们好！

祝贺大家！感谢大家的热情欢迎。还要感谢波特姆利校长对我的精彩介绍。

我长久以来一直对韦尔斯利学院满怀崇敬——其使命、故事、成就，因此我非常感谢你们邀请我来此。

你们能够从这个卓越的堡垒、这片美丽的土地毕业，实在是幸运得不像话。如果天上地下的神祗们行事无差，你们很快也将成为这个培养了美国史上第一位女总统的学院的荣誉校友！未来的希拉里们，加油！

今天能够来到这里，我真的真的很高兴，太高兴了。事实上，当我发现你们这一届的特定颜色是黄色时，我就决定要涂上黄色的眼影。但转念一想，我意识到，即便我对韦尔斯利学院无比崇敬，黄色的眼影也有点过于高调了。……