Cynicism Is A Choice. Optimism Is A

Whenever You See Me Somewhere Succeeding In One Area Of My Life, That Almost Certainly Means I Am Failing In Another Area Of My Life.

You Can't Tell Stories And Really Walk In Someone's Shoes And Not Have A Love For Them, Even If They're Doing Horrible Things.

I Was 4 And Dictating Stories Into A Tape Recorder, And My Mom Typed Them Up.

Yes, It Is Hard Out There. But Hard Is Relative. I Come From A Middle-class Family, My Parents Are Academics. I Was Born After The Civil Rights Movement, I Was A Toddler During The Women's Movement, I Live In The United States Of America, All Of Which Means I Am Allowed To Own My Freedom, My Rights, My Voice And My Uterus.

I Think The Point Of America, Our Planet, The Reason We're All Here, One Of The Best Things That We Can Do Is Be Concerned About Something Even When It Doesn't Concern Us. That's The Whole Point. The Fact That I've Never Had To Use A Planned Parenthood, The Fact That I've Never Been In Need Of Medical Services I Couldn't Afford Or Didn't Have Access To, Doesn't Mean I Shouldn't Be Concerned About The Fact That Other Women Don't Have That Access.