{"id":17318,"date":"2019-03-06T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=17318"},"modified":"2019-03-05T11:40:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T19:40:54","slug":"lets-talk-reflecting-on-a-year-of-rants-raves-and-fuckboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/03\/06\/lets-talk-reflecting-on-a-year-of-rants-raves-and-fuckboys\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Talk<\/em>: Reflecting on a year of rants, raves, and fuckboys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A year ago I pitched the idea of Let\u2019s Talk?<\/em>, a column about women\u2019s issues, to our managing editor, Greg Pratt. For some reason (which I\u2019m sure he frequently regrets), he graciously allowed me the space to fight for equality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I had originally intended to be a hard-hitting column about the injustices women face on a daily basis has taken more than one detour\u2014from my love of pumpkin spice lattes to ruminations on fuckboys back to rants about cookie-making, with a quick aside to discuss big-girl panties\u2014but at the heart of it, I try (and, hopefully, at least sometimes, succeed) to shed light on the struggles (no matter how trivial they may seem) I face as a woman in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wrote my first column on International Women\u2019s Day. I wrote about my frustration over the absurdity that we needed a day to celebrate women and how fucking amazing and strong we are. Because, if I\u2019m being brutally honest, at the time I didn\u2019t really get it\u2014I am surrounded by seemingly strong women who take zero shit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t feel like we needed a day to prove how awesome we are because we are freaking awesome 365 days a year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year later, after fumbling though countless interviews with astonishing women from all walks of life, I am humbled enough to say that I am beginning to understand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are celebrating because it\u2019s not just about being a badass. The reality is that Women\u2019s Day isn\u2019t just about celebrating how awesome women are; it\u2019s about supporting those who are marginalized\u2014the ones who have it way harder than me, the cis white female. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am I marginalized because I have a vagina? Sure. Am I more privileged than many? Absofuckinglutely. This realization is overwhelming, but that doesn\u2019t mean I get to put my head in the sand and shy away from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, when I celebrate Women\u2019s Day, I\u2019m not just celebrating the \u201cRah-Rah, I am woman, hear me roar.\u201d I am celebrating every woman: the ones who aren\u2019t white, the ones who aren\u2019t cis, the ones who have been cat-called far worse than I, the ones who have been outcast, the ones who think they should be doing more despite doing more than enough, the ones who are badass, the ones who want to be, the ones who need a movement like Women\u2019s Day, and the ones who don\u2019t. I am celebrating all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 18 cycles of panicking over what I will say in my next column, I feel like I\u2019m beginning to understand the simple root of all of this: being a woman is hard. For some more than others. But for the sake of this crazy sisterhood, we need to come together and support each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, happy Women\u2019s Day, all my lovely ladies. We got this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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