Frederikke
When it's being used as an insult, "bitch" is most often hurled at women
who speak their minds, who have opinions and don't shy away from
expressing them. If being an outspoken woman means being a bitch, I'll
take that as a compliment, thanks. Furthermore, if we take it as a
compliment, it loses its power to hurt us. And if we can get people
thinking about what they're saying when they use the word, that's even
better. And, last but certainly not least, "bitch" describes all at once
who we are when we speak up, what it is we're too worked up over to be
quiet about, and the act of making ourselves heard.
Heartless because that's what I need to be. Heartless, because it's mind
over matters. Heartless, because sympathy, apathy, empathy, nor
psychopathy (with a few pre-doomed exceptions) will not get us anywhere
in a society that bombards us with industrially, emotionally,
politically, maternally, professionally, materially disillusioning
messages upon which we're supposed to act. Being heartless mean that we
not only survive but also conquer.
Yes! I want to read more from Real Life Heartless Bitches
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