On Being a Woman and Unlearning the Bullshit
3 min readAug 28, 2019
One year ago today, I realized I was smart.
The discovery bubbled to the surface, slowly, after 22 years of being filed away in a sea of manila folders. It was always there, tucked amidst the resumes and pamphlets and memos that read:
You must not dream big, for you must shrink yourself.