For my mother and my sister, and for the women who braved this world before us, brave it beside us, and who will brave it after. – I.M.
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“What can we do?” one of us would ask. “You are doing all you can—you are enough,” the other would reply. “You are alive.”
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While there might be some universal truths, there is no universal experience.
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May we all find ourselves in the moment of listening closely, and in knowing that we have been heard.
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i heard a woman becomes herself the first time she speaks without permission
then, every word out of her mouth a riot
say, beautiful
& point to the map of your body
say, brave
& wear your skin like a gown or a suit
say, hero
& cast yourself in the lead role
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my mother
doesn’t rely on instruction manuals or men
nor does she equate the two can fix anything if you get out of her way says the best technology is her own two hands
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