I felt challenged to consider my own internalized misogyny and whether I have the same expectations for women politicians that I do men. Sive does not try to shame readers nor imply that by disagreeing…
“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened… or
Just my luck, I finally got out of my “too much anxiety because it’s school” funk, and now I have writer’s block.
Being active on social media the past few days has taught me a lot of lessons about people.
For my first recommendation post, I wanted to choose that I not only loved from beginning to end, but also own as part of my collection.
I learned during high school that the expectations I had for myself, and for society as a whole, were unrealistic.
Black and African culture were seen as inferior, but as a Black woman herself she offered a differing perspective.
“Stargirl” (from 2000) was one of my favorite books growing up, but the book I loved even more was “Love, Stargirl”, the sequel.
This summer, I’ve finally learned to appreciate the present and feel content. I’ve worked so hard and have an amazing life. It’s not perfect, but whose is?
I wrote this letter to my teenage self, to let her know that it’s okay not to be perfect, and that if she lowers her unreasonably high expectations of herself the world will not end.