The Eyes Are the Best Part

by Monika Kim

I watched them fall and had the sudden realization that our roles had reversed. Somehow, I had become the mother and she the daughter.

Often, I find myself wondering: What is it like to live freely, to live a life untethered, without having to be responsible for everyone around you?

We girls are taught from an early age that we are demonstrably inferior to our male counterparts. We are smaller, weaker, stupider. When we succeed, it’s only because men allow us to.