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One year ago today I was in a free fall after walking away from my failed marriage. I did not have custody of my daughter, I was staying in a hotel I couldn’t afford, I had been fired from my job as a result of the separation, and I had almost no support from my family. All of my savings went to pay for my attorney retainer. My life had seemingly evaporated before my eyes.

Fast forward to today. I wake up every morning next to my best friend, and we are still so in love at any given moment. I am the interim executive director of a radical feminist political organization in my state. My staff and board just hosted one of our most successful events ever. All of my friends were at the event cheering me on, I spoke publicly and didn’t die, and we raised a lot of money for women’s rights. I received an email from a foundation informing me that the grant application we submitted has been approved and we are getting that money. After my work day is done, I will go pick up my 4 year old daughter and take her to ballet class.

I don’t look perfect in this picture, addressing the room at our gala. But this photo captures me in a moment where I feel happy, confident, and secure in my being. A year ago, I could not have predicted all of this.

Life is worth living, always.

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sociolab

Do you ever think about the fact that the US has created and legitimized a system of institutionalized inequality by funding schools through property taxes? That basically a child’s education is only as good as the value of the property in their neighborhood. Funny how education is so often viewed as an equalizing factor when there is nothing equal about it.

earthmoonlotus

I really don’t care if I’ve already reblogged this

aliyaraey-deactivated20171111

Because this needs to be reblogged….

jedda-martele

I remember learning this for the first time as an adult. I had grown up thinking education was the great playing field leveler. So I was so furious to find out how very much it wasn’t anything of the kind.

ayellowbirds

This is a big part of why you’ll often see rich white people fussing about school district lines, because they hate the idea that their money is going towards the education of poor children.