Gillian on being shamed by women...
When asked last night at the WOW festival how women can defend against shaming from other women, or unkindness from other women, Gillian’s answer was this (hugely paraphrased because my memory isn’t that good)
I deal with a lot of this and now... I just don’t give a fuck.
I can’t control it, and mostly it comes from a place of insecurity or anger in the other person so all I can do is work on myself so it doesn’t affect me. It can be hurtful, but by working on my self esteem, I can put up a shield around myself, so it bounces off a little more easily. It’s not the truth, so I just don’t engage. I don’t give a fuck.
Based on some of what I’m seeing in my inbox and a few reblogs of some ridiculous stuff, I think maybe we should all take this to heart today, and accept we can’t change others so instead work on ourselves.
