freedom is the sweetest thing a woman can have. hope, the most dangerous. money, the most necessary. at 16, i thought feminism was women having the exact same opportunities as men. now, i am less concerned with gaining parity with men and more concerned with gaining freedom from men.
as we are all aware of the importance of female financial independence, i’ll spare you the details. that said, there’s a real conversation to be had concerning the fact that women need money. women thrive on surplus capital. there’s the question of supporting yourself as a human being (pink tax and all). then there’s the habit of maintaining yourself as a fantasy.
there are many who decry that to live in fantasy is a fool’s errands. we, few but proud, diouana women, know that fantasy is fantasy. it exists in the realm where greek nymphs, french courtesans, and biblical whores attend dinner parties where each share their wretched experience existing in the human plane with mortal men.
it’s a curious thing, e…
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