Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve

by Drew Afualo

No matter how many women you try to step on to be seen by the world’s most mediocre men, you will never be taller than any man. You will always be one step below. And how can they respect you when they’re always looking down at you?

Settling is a tool crafted by the worst men in the world, used solely to clip your wings. They want to take you down a peg so you don’t realize just how incredibly special you are, because if you did, you know what that would mean? That these men would end up being the ones dying alone, involuntarily (as they should).

It’s wild to me that we are literally responsible for bringing forth life onto this earth and yet are so consistently and relentlessly devalued for the parts of our bodies that aren’t aesthetically ideal in the eyes of misogynistic men. It makes me mad, sure, but it also makes me realize that I need to be strong and steadfast in my practice.