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Showing Original Post only (View all)To Christy on Facebook, who doesn't need the Women's March [View all]
https://medium.com/@susan.speer/to-christy-on-facebook-who-doesnt-need-the-women-s-march-beb4948e1e4b#.p56780pifTo Christy on Facebook, who doesnt need the Womens March
Susan Speer
In response to the millions of women who marched yesterday, theres a Facebook rebuttal going around by a woman named Christy. Apparently, there are quite a few women who agree with her.
The summary: Christy doesnt need this march. Why do any women need this march? This is America, I have everything I need, and if you dont, its your own fault, and marching wont fix that for you.
Here is my response to Christy, and by association, all the women who agreed with her:
Hi Christy. We dont know each other, but your #notmymarch post is getting shared a lot today. It showed up in my feed, thanks to a few of my friends who like what youre saying.
In some respects, our worlds probably arent too far apart.
Im going to make assumptions and I could be wrong but Im a college-educated, professional mom. I live in a safe neighborhood with nice houses, surrounded by big, shady trees. My days are filled with the stuff of suburbia: My kids get a warm breakfast before school, and I go to work or the gym. I get my groceries delivered to my door. Im a single mom and my life gets messy sometimes, but Im grateful for everything my kids and I have and I fully understand that there are women in this country who dont have a sliver of what I have and no matter what they do, they never will. And it isnt because they arent trying hard enough.
Christy, Im going to ask you an important question.
Besides the cashier at Target the one who watches you swipe your bank card and walk out with your $195 worth of whatever you buy at Target besides that woman, or the woman who stretches out of the drive-thru window to give you your grande skinny latte that you paid for with the app on your phone . (and heres the question) When was the last time you had a meaningful conversation with a woman whose life isnt pretty much like yours?
Take all the time you need.
You said you were being made to feel like youre a disgrace to women because you dont agree with women who marched yesterday.
Thats a clever opener to get a boost from the girlfriends who might be on the edge of feeling the way you do, and were waiting for someone to say it so they could agree with you. Its like saying, I know Im fat and ugly, so your friends will rush to your side to reassure you that youre not.
You say your voice is heard. You say youre not a second-class citizen. So whats the problem, amirite?
Again, Im full of assumptions here, but you feel like your voice is heard, because maybe you have no idea what it feels like to not be heard. You dont feel like a second-class citizen, because youve never been one.
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Which brings me to The Womens March.
I didnt march because I personally feel marginalized. I marched because I can. I marched because a lot of women cant, even if you dont see them. I marched for women of privilege, women who dont have shit, women who are raising awesome children with their same-sex partner who has to legally adopt the child that is biologically hers, and might find herself spontaneously unmarried in the eyes of the Supreme Court. I marched for women who need reproductive healthcare of any kind. I marched for the 17-year old pregnant girl who dropped out of school to sort my clothes at the dry cleaners for $7.25/hour. She has to quit when the baby comes because she doesnt get any time off, paid or otherwise. Her next job will be minimum wage, too, because she hasnt gotten her GED yet and doesnt know if she can get in the night school program because shell need someone to stay with her newborn. I marched for the woman who was raped in college and still hasnt even told her best friend, after all these years.
I even marched for you, Christy. Even if you dont feel like you need anyone to march for you.
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