
Divesting From People Pleasing: Power
The Heart
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I Don't Have Power, but I'm So Mortified.
In the past when white men have said dumb things to me, I just laughed it off. It doesn't usually dissuade me from wanting their continued attention. The memory resurfaces occasionally and I feel the same sense of shame wash over me. Even though Third Wave white feminism told us that if we fucked around like men, we'd be able to share in their power. By the time he's out of college in his late 20s, you know that doesn't add up. "You can't really look too closely at what an experience like that means"
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