“People can see an angry man [who is] fighting for a cause and see him as strong. It’s not the same for women—especially not for women of color and trans women.”
Tag: feminism
Lara B. Sharp's Transformation
“AA is like parenting for adults. I got to have it as a child. My mom abandoning me in AA was the best thing she ever did for me.”
Post-Kavanaugh, Women’s Self-Care Needs to Lose the Alcohol
Alcohol, when construed as the first or best line of self-care, actually renders us less effective in resisting an exploitive system that makes legal space for our bodies to be legislated, controlled, and raped. “Should we get some wine?” I asked him, pushing a bit of sweet potato around on my plate. I felt my… Continue reading Post-Kavanaugh, Women’s Self-Care Needs to Lose the Alcohol
She Recovers Brings High End Feminist Recovery to Los Angeles
I could say a hundred things about every incredible woman I encountered over the weekend and it would not hold a candle to the inspiration I felt. The only catch? The price of admission. One year ago, Harvey Weinstein and men like him were purged from their high positions in industry jobs due to allegations… Continue reading She Recovers Brings High End Feminist Recovery to Los Angeles
