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I just wanted to say, I think this weekend has been a little rough on all of us. Someone we all thought we could trust, someone in our metaphorical backyards, did something incredibly stupid, incredibly hurtful, and incredibly inappropriate, and then she reacted to other people's feelings with callous indifference and total disregard for the well-being of other people in this community. Her behavior - and the behavior of people defending her actions - was appalling, and hurtful, and upsetting. I feel like I've spent the weekend looking over my shoulder, wondering how the people around me feel about things that I just took for granted everyone felt one way about, because that way seems so obvious. It is obvious. It's right.
But the thing is, I know some amazing women in my life. I know women who are beautiful inside and out, who are talented and thoughtful and smart like you would not believe. I know women who use kindness as currency, who brighten the day of everyone they meet. I know women who have this trick of pulling laughter out of thin air, women who can make me smile even when I'm crying so hard I can't see straight. I know women who can speak ten languages and women who have committed their lives to speaking for those who don't have voices and women who make my heart feel like it's going to burst, I love them so much. I know women who are brave, women who are loyal, women who will defend you into the ground and then dig a little deeper because their belief in you is so strong that they'll do anything to support you.
I know women who have stuck by me through everything, women who have taught me what unconditional love is, women who I admire and respect and cherish. I know women who are my family, women whom I chose. I know women who are storytellers, women who use words to make the world a little better, and I know women who are scientists, watching what's happening and helping us all to understand a little more. I know women who are careful and women who are reckless, women who love life and everything in it and women who spin the quiet into something beautiful. I know women who are lights in dark places, women who shine so brightly they cast a glow on everyone around them. I know women who are infectious with joy. I know women who feel like home.
We all know those people, those brave, wonderful, indescribable people, and we all are those people, the ones who make the world better just for being in it.
And because of that, and a lot of other things: I have your back. We have your back. We will always be here for each other, no matter what happens, and we will always believe you, support you, empower you. We love you, and I'm choosing to believe that we've got this one covered, because the women I know are strong enough to move mountains. The force of our collective resolve is going to change the world for you, because we can. Because we have to. Because we want to.
And I hope you sleep a little easier tonight, knowing that.
But the thing is, I know some amazing women in my life. I know women who are beautiful inside and out, who are talented and thoughtful and smart like you would not believe. I know women who use kindness as currency, who brighten the day of everyone they meet. I know women who have this trick of pulling laughter out of thin air, women who can make me smile even when I'm crying so hard I can't see straight. I know women who can speak ten languages and women who have committed their lives to speaking for those who don't have voices and women who make my heart feel like it's going to burst, I love them so much. I know women who are brave, women who are loyal, women who will defend you into the ground and then dig a little deeper because their belief in you is so strong that they'll do anything to support you.
I know women who have stuck by me through everything, women who have taught me what unconditional love is, women who I admire and respect and cherish. I know women who are my family, women whom I chose. I know women who are storytellers, women who use words to make the world a little better, and I know women who are scientists, watching what's happening and helping us all to understand a little more. I know women who are careful and women who are reckless, women who love life and everything in it and women who spin the quiet into something beautiful. I know women who are lights in dark places, women who shine so brightly they cast a glow on everyone around them. I know women who are infectious with joy. I know women who feel like home.
We all know those people, those brave, wonderful, indescribable people, and we all are those people, the ones who make the world better just for being in it.
And because of that, and a lot of other things: I have your back. We have your back. We will always be here for each other, no matter what happens, and we will always believe you, support you, empower you. We love you, and I'm choosing to believe that we've got this one covered, because the women I know are strong enough to move mountains. The force of our collective resolve is going to change the world for you, because we can. Because we have to. Because we want to.
And I hope you sleep a little easier tonight, knowing that.