I Love It When Women

I Know People Who Are Embarrassed To Be American. They Don't Like Showing Their Passports. It's Becoming A Scary Place. It Takes Someone Very Brave Not To Be Quiet, Someone Who Doesn't Mind Death Threats, Their Life Being Turned Upside Down, News Cameras Outside Their Door. There Is No Freedom Of Speech In America Anymore. They Are Not Living Up To The Constitution. There's So Much Fear In America And Control.

People Always Ask If I Was Really Voted Most Bizarre Girl In High School. But That One's Actually True. I Was Living In Michigan In A Very Conservative Town And Had A Nose-ring And A Shaved Head And Did Kind Of Strange Things.

Sometimes, I Genuinely Enjoy Having Conversations With Journalists; Enjoying The Few Moments Of Intimacy With A Stranger Is Fascinating To Me. But Once In A While That Backfires And You're Suddenly Reading Something That Has A Bent On It That You Didn't Feel Was In The Least Bit A Part Of The Conversation That You Thought You Were Having. Then You Get Overly Protective And Say Very Little And Then You Come Out Of The Hole Again.

It's A Proven Fact That When You Raise The Status Of Girls And Women In A Country, That Country Does Much Better Economically.

Right Now The Topic Of Female Empowerment Is At The Forefront Of Conversation And It's Important We Take Advantage Of The Trend While There Is Added Pressure To Adjust Long-standing Beliefs, Prejudices, And Cultural Discrimination.