Words We Heard: ‘Celebrate each accomplishment’
Anyone else just totally exhausted this week? And yet we plow on, trying to be great moms, teachers, writers, students, sisters, etc. Hope you guys are finding joy and a sense of accomplishment even in the pride that comes with striving to be at your best even when you wish you could have just a minute to be at your worst.
- “Jane was a heroine altogether different from any I had encountered. She was smart and strong and not afraid to speak her mind. She was most comfortable in nature, least comfortable when required to be charming. In fact, she’s reviled, punished and mistreated because she is ‘plain’ — yet Jane is essentially downright beautiful, but [she was] hated because her beauty is unique and doesn’t fit what is expected by social norms.” -KJ Sanchez, director of the Playhouse in the Park’s production of Jane Eyre, in an interview with CityBeat
- “Fearless Girl is a powerful symbol to women young and old. Empowering women shouldn’t be temporary — she must be a permanent piece of NYC.” -Letitia James, New York City public advocate, in a tweet, as reported by The New York Times
- “The people who can really benefit from this are those who don’t have any clue what you need when you take a baby home. They don’t have the social structure to support them. These are the moms who most need what’s in that box and the box itself.” -Dr. Kristi Watterberg, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ committee on the fetus and newborn, on the Baby Box Co. program that’s distributed 6,000 safe-sleep boxes in Ohio this year, in an interview with NPR
- “There are 10 food deserts. People have been going too long without fresh food. We need to fund co-ops. The city should be funding it.” -Yvette Simpson, city councilwoman and candidate for mayor, in Tuesday night’s NAACP-sponsored debate, as reported by Cincinnati.com
- “We’re made invisible in a million ways every day of our lives, and when decisions like this happen, which say, ‘We’re not counting you,’ that contributes to this stigma. We really shouldn’t need to say in 2017 that LGBT people count.” -Meghan Maury, criminal and economic justice project director at the National LGBTQ Task Force, in an interview with The Atlantic
- “It is simply unacceptable knowing this amazing food hits the landfill daily when it could be the difference in health for so many.” -the La Soupe team in an e-newsletter
- “The backlog of untested rape kits represents a failure of the criminal justice system to take sexual assault seriously, prioritize the testing of rape kits, protect survivors, and hold offenders accountable.” -“Ending the Rape Kit Backlog,” The United State of Women
- “When you are depressed, the most powerful thing you can do for yourself is celebrate each accomplishment.” -Linea Johnson, author of Perfect Chaos: A Daughter’s Journey to Survive Bipolar, a Mother’s Struggle to Save Her, in an article on girlboss
- “Savor that moment of creativity when you lose track of time because the thing you are doing feels just challenging enough and right in your sweet spot of ingenuity, flow and spirit. Build on that to find more creativity at work.” -Jessica Williams, change agent, in an article on She Owns It