Growing up, I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world. Thus, I told myself that I would be ugly--because, after all, girls couldn't be both. Smarts and attractiveness? Preposterous! Now, I understand that this kind of thinking was part of my struggle with internalized misogyny. However, this wasn't an individual struggle. Most girls…
A Question
Yesterday, a good friend of mine asked me a question. "Do you think the world will ever reach a point where sexism, homophobia, and all those other bad things will be non-existent?" I don't think I have ever been asked that question before. At least, not in the level of social responsibility I bestow upon…
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