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Carolita Johnson's avatar

“The invisibility thing that I hear older women talk about. It shocked me. But it also was not acceptable to me. […] I just refused to own it. People don’t take your power or make you invisible. You do that.”

I’ve been saying this for years, and all I ever got was either crickets or “well you’re a model” (which I’m not).

It’s an internalization of patriarchal misogyny. It’s a self-denigrating acceptance of the regard of the oppressor and not of those who can actually nourish and support you.

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Michael Jensen's avatar

I love stories of people who prove that growing older doesn't mean you stop growing.

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