Puck and Prejudice

by Lia Riley

Fuck cancer.

“Have you ever measured your own merit against some elusive standard only to be left with a feeling that you are forever falling short of the mark?”

“Because I have. Constantly. It’s a stroll through a portrait gallery of perceived shortcomings. Each flaw is framed in gold, reinforcing the notion that no matter my effort, I will never be enough.”

In America, you have presidents. How many have been women?” she inquired. “None.” Her smile dimmed. “Your country was formed in the eighteenth century and you’ve not had a woman rule even one time?”

“Many women play many different sports. But it’s hard to get a lot of sports teams for women to earn a lot of money.” “Because men don’t want to watch or value them,”

“Hundreds of years in the future and women still can’t enjoy what a man can.”