make sylvia plath proud

this silent rule, this cultural bias, that says a woman’s voice only matters if it’s backed by a degree, by credentials, by some man-made stamp of approval is so annoying. shocker, i don’t have a college education.

but what they don’t tell you is that education and intelligence are not the same thing. truly… they are noticeably different and one is more important and more annoying. and if anyone reads this it will be interpreted in as many ways as however many people read it. i think that’s radical. empowering. and i will not stop.

you can memorize theories, quote philosophers, and still not understand life the way someone else does. through pain, through survival, through solitude. through watching and feeling more than most people ever dare to. the truth is, when a woman speaks from intuition, lived experience, or emotion, people often flinch. no one really likes that. i love it. but i rarely see it. i never hear it. and i know women like me are out there. i know people with an emotio…