I don't know that anyone in the United States is taught to rest.

When you look past the image, a celebrity is merely a person you know nothing about.

You don't necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don't have to apologize for it. You need to understand the extent of your privilege, the consequences of your privilege, and remain aware that people who are different from you move through and experience the world in ways you might never know anything about.

Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.

We have this cultural obsession with work and productivity as if we're better people if we don't stop and take some time for ourselves.

Feminism is a choice, and if a woman does not want to be a feminist, that is her right, but it is still my responsibility to fight for her rights. I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn't make certain choices for ourselves. I believe women not just in the United States but throughout the world deserve equality and freedom but know I am in no position to tell women of other cultures what that equality and freedom should look like.

I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and heard and all too often aren't.