Missed the GGG pow-wow yesterday but 💯 have always been challenged by women over my good girl rebellious ways. From my Grandmother who told me “…you can’t have you ‘druthers’…” to my own mother who whispered go and do what I couldn’t but out loud said she wished I’d been a teacher. It kept me in a relentless cycle of rebellion then guilty defeated compliance. It was my own daughter’s rebellion that flipped the switch and broke the cycle.
I would say legacy and true fulfillment are the biggest factors for me. Legacy is at the heart of all woman’s movements from getting the vote, woman against gun violence, #metoo equal pay… it’s not about us but our daughters.
It's not even a gilded cage - it's a prison of our own and society's making. I thought I was independent, but somehow I became complicit in being a 'good girl.' It's only now, at 53, that I'm starting to break free and unlearn all the 'good girl rules' that my own mother instilled in me.
Missed the GGG pow-wow yesterday but 💯 have always been challenged by women over my good girl rebellious ways. From my Grandmother who told me “…you can’t have you ‘druthers’…” to my own mother who whispered go and do what I couldn’t but out loud said she wished I’d been a teacher. It kept me in a relentless cycle of rebellion then guilty defeated compliance. It was my own daughter’s rebellion that flipped the switch and broke the cycle.
I would say legacy and true fulfillment are the biggest factors for me. Legacy is at the heart of all woman’s movements from getting the vote, woman against gun violence, #metoo equal pay… it’s not about us but our daughters.
Absolutely. Every act of good girl rebellion I undertake is not only for myself, but also for my daughter and her generation.
It's not even a gilded cage - it's a prison of our own and society's making. I thought I was independent, but somehow I became complicit in being a 'good girl.' It's only now, at 53, that I'm starting to break free and unlearn all the 'good girl rules' that my own mother instilled in me.