--- title: Internet Reacts to Artist Being Told to 'Dial Down Feminism' description: The Internet is showing its support for an artist who's clapping back at her teacher after he told her to "dial down the feminism." canonical: https://time.com/5139980/artist-responds-to-dial-down-feminism-internet-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-08T18:59:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:27.636Z og:title: Internet Reacts to Artist Being Told to 'Dial Down Feminism' og:description: Here's what the web had to say about the matter og:url: https://time.com/5139980/artist-responds-to-dial-down-feminism-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5e912d22fe2c956/698926cc7cdbacb8a6d5be29/artist-responds-dial-back-feminism-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Woman artist working at her studio desk painting og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Reacts to Artist Being Told to 'Dial Down Feminism' twitter:description: Here's what the web had to say about the matter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5e912d22fe2c956/698926cc7cdbacb8a6d5be29/artist-responds-dial-back-feminism-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Loving This Student's Artistic Comeback After Her Teacher Told Her to 'Dial Down the Feminism' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 8, 2018 6:59 PM UTC  High angle view of a woman artist with her hair sept up with a paintbrush holding it while she working in her studio at her desk painting High angle view of a woman artist with her hair sept up with a paintbrush holding it while she working in her studio at her desk paintingwundervisuals—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 8, 2018 6:59 PM UTC After art student [Alex Ruth Bertuli-Fernandes](https://www.alexbertulisfernandes.com/) was told by one of her art instructors that she should “dial down the [feminism](http://time.com/5059818/merriam-webster-word-of-the-year-2017-feminism/),” she decided to illustrate his suggestion with a creation that directly referenced it. She shared an image of a piece that featured an actual dial, along with two options that span the spectrum of what he suggested: being “complicit in my own dehumanization” and being a “[raging feminist](http://time.com/4707294/camille-paglia-women-arent-free-until-speech-is/)” along with a header with the teacher’s words, “Dial down the feminism.” Bertuli-Fernandes then took to Twitter to share the story and an image of her new piece, in a post that’s garnered 68,000 retweets as of Thursday. > [](https://twitter.com/alexbertanades/status/961318001743147008) As might be expected, the Internet was pretty excited about Bertuli-Fernandes’ response to her teacher and took to the web to show her some love (and to express some disdain for her teacher.) > [](https://twitter.com/EmWolfe1/status/961444162271772672) > [](https://twitter.com/CujoChihuahua/status/961452076097130496) > [](https://twitter.com/weary%5Friver/status/961452170812915712) > [](https://twitter.com/FransiscaLstyle/status/961395624334843904) > [](https://twitter.com/TemmyWindy/status/961384956026028032) > [](https://twitter.com/decca0830/status/961400372941197312) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5139980/artist-responds-to-dial-down-feminism-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5139980/artist-responds-to-dial-down-feminism-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Loving This Student's Artistic Comeback After Her Teacher Told Her to 'Dial Down the Feminism'","datePublished":"2018-02-08T18:59:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:27.636Z","description":"Here's what the web had to say about the matter","url":"https://time.com/5139980/artist-responds-to-dial-down-feminism-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5e912d22fe2c956/698926cc7cdbacb8a6d5be29/artist-responds-dial-back-feminism-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5e912d22fe2c956/698926cc7cdbacb8a6d5be29/artist-responds-dial-back-feminism-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Woman artist working at her studio desk painting","caption":"Woman artist working at her studio desk painting","creditText":"wundervisuals—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5139980/artist-responds-to-dial-down-feminism-internet-reactions/","name":"The Internet Is Loving This Student's Artistic Comeback After Her Teacher Told Her to 'Dial Down the Feminism'"}}]}] ```