Every story counts, yet we are only just really being able to tell ours. We are still not allowed to say, from positions of communal respect and authority, what is unjust and unwarranted. Women’s judgments, thoughts, work, and contributions are constantly ignored, abbreviated, and squelched by a dense matrix of violence and discrimination. In the face of erasure, we are forced to reconcile our identities, hopes, and ambitions with a constant awareness of threats to our safety, humanity, and dignity.
