Women inhabit in a world in which we’re both strongly encouraged and strongly discouraged to tell highly personal stories to varying discernible ends. Women are told to “shout their abortions” but lack representative power[...] Instead of our government or our workplaces empowering us with maternity leave and/or childcare, fashion and makeup companies loudly attempt to assume that task, telling us we will feel strong and good by wearing the right lipstick. So much of being a woman is building a life between the narrowest of parameters, expecting very little from what you build, and being punished if you ask for more, all the while being told society presumes you will have and do it all and not complain[...] Why is it that feminist causes are so often victim to the empty sloganeering and hash-tagging of commodified capitalism? Perhaps it comes down to risk. As easy as it is to wear a shirt or get your nails done, it’s easy for others to deem those actions insignificant.
Leah Finnegan
