The Cows

by Dawn O'Porter

She said if someone is about to hurt you, let them say everything they need to say – so when they are done, you can tell them to shut up if they interrupt you.

Women can’t keep complaining about how society treats them if they just take being told they’re wrong all the time and don’t react. You telling me Janis was an arsehole is fine, but I’m not the one who sees her every day and lets her get away with it. Do something, say how you feel. Nothing changes if you don’t.’

You have the power to shape your own destiny, you have the power to dictate how people treat you. You have the power not to be made to feel small, put down, or intimidated. As Ghandi said, ‘Be the change that you wish to see in the world’. Everything that happens to you is in your control, because you control how you respond. Don’t apologise for who you are, and don’t take shit. Don’t be a victim. Feminism needs you to step up. Get what you want. Just go out there, and take it.