Used to describe a young girl, who acts older than her age, "too grown" and self-assured for her age, to the dismay of her elders; used usually by Black Southerners. Popularized by Alice Walker, as "womanist", an alternative to "feminist" or "black feminist"
Y'all: Why do you support womanism?
Me: Because "feminism" as a movement is constantly monopolized by white women who don't acknowledge the intersectionality of race and gender when it comes to oppression, systemic or otherwise. Many of these white feminists continue to perpetuate misogynoir or carry beliefs rooted in misogynoir, so why should I trust them?
Feminism is usually focused on white female Topix while womanism is a exclusively black female topic movement started by the woman who created the book The Color Purple