International Women’s Day From The Perspective of a “Different” Woman

I want international women’s day to work for all women. I often struggle in women’s groups as I do not feel represented. Feminism has historically failed women who were minorities in other ways. I often feel women’s events are focused on neurotypical or at least less neurodivergent women. When you are really dealing with a mountain of challenges every single day of your life it can be so easy to feel forgotten about. People talk about supporting women and campaigning for them 

People talk about glass ceilings not existing

But all too often I feel left behind and forgotten

I feel like while people with more privilege than me are out there fighting for themselves they might have forgotten to fight for me too with them

Which is why I claim the ultimate privilege: 

I have a great sense of humour and I can dance

I mean what could be a bigger privilege than that

I can literally feel pylons at an energetic level

What could be a greater privilege than that

But to the many many men who fight for me or fight with me 

Thank you

And the women who fight with me or fight for me too

Thank you 

Because I haven’t said the last word

But bro I need a way for life to work for me

I need a way for work to work for me that works moving forward - and doesn’t leave me consistently agonised about work outside of working hours - by the way bro I need to learn some TDD okay bye 

For I am beginning to think that bro TDD might be my solution