She went through a period of struggling to find her feet in the SSR, of fighting in very subtle ways the sexism she found in the male-dominated [organization]. In the end, she doesn’t necessarily win everyone’s respect. Jack Thompson, for example, takes the credit that she probably deserves. But as she says, she knows her value so she doesn’t need that praise.
...she’s able to establish herself to everyone as an equal, but yet, for herself, she uses it as a source of strength for her own worth.
And I’m still not through I ask myself, “What would you do if you had more time?" The Lord, in his kindness He gives me what you always wanted He gives me more time;
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Date: 2017-05-25 07:46 pm (UTC)I put myself back in the narrative
I stop wasting time on tears
I live another fifty years
It’s not enough
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Date: 2017-05-25 08:02 pm (UTC)She went through a period of struggling to find her feet in the SSR, of fighting in very subtle ways the sexism she found in the male-dominated [organization]. In the end, she doesn’t necessarily win everyone’s respect. Jack Thompson, for example, takes the credit that she probably deserves. But as she says, she knows her value so she doesn’t need that praise.
...she’s able to establish herself to everyone as an equal, but yet, for herself, she uses it as a source of strength for her own worth.
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Date: 2017-05-25 08:10 pm (UTC)And I’m still not through
I ask myself, “What would you do if you had more time?"
The Lord, in his kindness
He gives me what you always wanted
He gives me more time;