I Don't Understand Why People Don't Understand

I'm A Black Woman Every Day, And I'm Not Confused About That. I'm Not Worried About That. I Don't Need To Have A Discussion With You About How I Feel As A Black Woman, Because I Don't Feel Disempowered As A Black Woman.

We Spend Our Whole Lives Worrying About The Future, Planning For The Future, Trying To Predict The Future, As If Figuring It Out Will Cushion The Blow. But The Future Is Always Changing. The Future Is The Home Of Our Deepest Fears And Wildest Hopes. But One Thing Is Certain When It Finally Reveals Itself. The Future Is Never The Way We Imagined It.

I Think It's Important For Women To Have A Means To Get Health Care. I Think It's Important That Women Have A Place To Go To Get Pap Smears And Cancer Screenings. And It Shouldn't Be Considered Extra. It Shouldn't Be Considered Something That Can Be "cut." It Shouldn't Be Something That's In Danger Of Going Away. The Idea That We're Even Thinking About Cutting That Off Because Somebody Else Isn't Enjoying It Themselves Or Somebody Has Extreme Opinions About It Is Worrisome To Me.

It's Been A Long Time Since Roe V. Wade, And I Do Think Most People Are Able To Have Respect For Other People's Choices. Most People, I Think, Have Accepted That It's Not Up To Them To Control Other People's Choices, Except, It Seems, When It Comes To Washington, D.c., Where Everyone Has An Opinion About People's Uteruses.

Most Of The Women I Saw On Tv Didn't Seem Like People I Actually Knew. They Felt Like Ideas Of What Women Are.