/woman

turn the knife in deeper

as it scrapes the

last ounce of freedom

that I have left

Say it with me: woman

White dresses and picket signs

/woman.

One hundred years of fighting back

/woman. 

‘you’re one of those feminists, right?’

/woman.

bigotry only regresses the nation.


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