Essays about how awkward life is, essays that will make you laugh, essays that will maybe make you feel not alone as a lady navigating the casual sexism that imbues every waking moment. Kelly Oxford is a known humorist for a reason, y'all, and she shines in WHEN YOU FIND OUT THE WHOLE WORLD IS AGAINST YOU. The best essay, by far, is the last one, where she explores the day she created the #yesallwomen moment on Twitter.
I remember that day, clearly. Professionally, I'm a researcher and I focus on women, religion, violence, and sexual assault. I had heard the stories shared on that hashtag for nearly every day of my professional life and was so tired of trying to convince others that they were true. To watch the millions of women put their pain into 140 characters wrecked me and energized me at the same time.
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