So tonight's post will be short. But I heard this on NPR today and I really liked what she had to say in regards to being 'human' first rather than a 'woman'. And it really does just make life simpler when you look at it from that angle.
"I think people of my generation, especially young women, are used to a reductive sort of empowerment," she tells The Takeaway. "And it's not like I think we should stop [saying] 'you're beautiful; love yourself'—but I guess at that age, when I was starting Rookie, I just wanted something that could be more nuanced, and was looking for something where you could be honest about feeling bad about yourself, or imperfect."
She continues: "I always feel better about myself when I think of myself as a human before I think of myself as a woman," she explains, "because there are expectations attached to being a girl or a woman that, when I remember that I'm just a person, really kind of fall away."
Link to the story here - http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/trying-be-thoughtful-possible-tavi-gevinson-rookie/
Great lesson and reminder. I sometimes I have to think of myself as just a person before being a writer and I need to give myself a break!
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