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And these are your only two options?

How many times do you think She has looked at a no-win scenario in her life and said those exact words? Growing up she learned she could either be a mother or a wife. Trying to help the war effort she learned she could either be a nurse or work in weapons production. In 1946 she was told she could either become a glorified secretary or find a job outside intelligence. She spends her entire life finding ways to circumvent the box. She's looked society in the face, and over and over again she's challenged it, questioned it, and outsmarted it, even triumphed over it. And it's because she has the audacity, always, to raise her eyebrow and refuse to be silenced, and because she isn't ever too afraid to ask the question that matters to her most: and these are your only two options? This is glorious because, we'll.. I know women like this. We all do. We all know women who look at the shit choices life has given them and say: Are these my only options? I will make my own th

Letter to Tony Stark on his birthday

Dear Tony Stark, First of all, wish you Happy birthday It’s been a long time, Anthony Edward Stark. I watched your last stand as Iron Man and I’m still mourning this loss of someone who has meant so much to me over the past few years. I’ll try to explain what you’ve meant to me, as you have meant for so many who have shared your journey. I watched your first adventure and even though I was amused at your genius and determination still I came away thinking you were an arrogant personality, a selfish sham basically a narcissist, drunkard, egoist, eccentric, self volatile person who don't play well with others. But things changed in 2010, when I saw Iron Man 2. Earlier I used to think you of a man who is narcissist drunkard with daddy issues but when in IM2 you stepped down from your position to give it to one who deserves it even though she is a lady, you proved me wrong, the way you fought for your rights you won my heart, and when you created a new element to save your li