tl;dr: • The game is rigged. Women and girls—especially women and girls of color—are systematically excluded from government and other systems of power. It’s called “patriarchy” (ugh). • The patriarchy (ugh) says it doesn’t exist. It says that if we struggle, it’s our own fault for not being “good enough.” Which is gaslighting. • Human Giver Syndrome—the contagious belief that you have a moral obligation to give every drop of your humanity in support of others, no matter the cost to you—thrives in the patriarchy, the way mold thrives in damp basements. • The solution? SMASH. (See worksheet. )
