💜 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

To every woman who decided, “This isn't how I want to live,” and began changing her life: I'm proud of you.

If you're still figuring out your next step, this is for you too.

You deserve safety, peace, and a life of your own. 💜

#MANTM

♀️ Feminist Friday:
You probably know RBG.
But do you know Pauli Murray?
Her legal thinking helped shape arguments for women’s equality—and influenced Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Sometimes history remembers the victory before the woman who helped make it possible. 💜
#MANTM

💜 Women Wednesday:
You can listen to someone's opinion without making it your instruction.
You can disappoint someone without doing something wrong.
Everybody doesn't have to understand your choices.
You do. 💜
#WomenWednesday #MANTM

💭 Thoughtful Tuesday:
You don't need another situation that's going to “make you stronger.”
You're strong enough.
Maybe the next chapter isn't about rebuilding.
Maybe it's finally about getting to enjoy the woman all that strength kept alive. 💜
#ThoughtfulTuesday #MANTM

🔥 Menopause Monday:
“WHO TURNED THE HEAT ON?!”
Nobody.
Thermostat hasn't moved. Everyone else is fine.
Your body has simply scheduled a brief spontaneous combustion. 😂
Five minutes later: freezing.
Hormones: Excellent. She's ready for another round.
#MenopauseMonday #MANTM

♀️ Feminist Friday:
“I believe in equality, but I'm not a feminist.”
I've always found that worth examining.
If feminism is fundamentally about women's equality, why has “feminist” become a word some people feel they need to defend, qualify or distance themselves from?
#FeministFriday #MANTM

🚨 The Male Audacity Report:
Sometimes competence becomes a punishment.
You always handle it, so people stop asking whether you should HAVE to.
Then comes: “You should've asked me to help.”
Sir. She's holding the baby AND the food. Did we need a formal request? 😂
#MANTM

💜 Women Wednesday:

You don't owe every decision you've ever made a lifetime commitment.

You learned. You grew. You got new information. Maybe you simply want something different now.

You're allowed to change your mind.

You're allowed to choose again. 💜

#WomenWednesday #MANTM

💭 Thoughtful Tuesday
How much of what you want is actually something you want—and how much is something you learned you were supposed to want?
You're allowed to examine the life script.
Keep what fits. Rewrite what doesn't. 💜
#ThoughtfulTuesday #MANTM

🔥 Menopause Monday:
Walk into room.
Forget why you're there.
Walk out.
Remember.
Walk back in.
Forget again.
Then lose your phone while you're holding it.
Menopause brain fog: Storage full. Please try again later. 😂
#MenopauseMonday #MANTM

♀️ Feminist Friday:

“She’s selfish.”

Or maybe she said no. Protected her time. Stopped being endlessly available. Made a decision based on what was right for her.

There’s a difference between selfishness and having a self. 💜

#FeministFriday #MANTM

🚨 The Male Audacity Report:

“You should have asked.”

Sir, if she has to notice the job, plan it, delegate it, remind you, and follow up afterward...

you're not sharing the responsibility.

You're being managed. 😂

#MANTM #TheMaleAudacityReport

💜 Women Wednesday: Sue Eakin.

Eakin spent years researching Twelve Years a Slave and co-edited the landmark 1968 edition that helped return Solomon Northup’s story to readers.

Here’s to women who refuse to let important stories disappear.

#WomenWednesday #MANTM

💭 Thoughtful Tuesday:

Being “easygoing” isn't the same as having no needs.

If you're always the one adjusting, accommodating and saying “it's fine” when it isn't, eventually it's worth asking:

Where am I in all of this? 💜

#ThoughtfulTuesday #MANTM

🔥 Menopause Monday:

Nothing like waking up at 3:17 a.m. so your brain can urgently discuss something embarrassing you said in 1998.

Ma'am. This meeting could have been an email. 😂

#MenopauseMonday #MANTM

♀️ Feminist Friday:

“She’s intimidating.”

Or maybe she’s confident. Knowledgeable. Direct. She asks questions and expects to be taken seriously.

Women shouldn’t have to make themselves smaller to make others comfortable.

Take up space. 💜

#FeministFriday #MANTM

🚨 The Male Audacity Report:

When you set a boundary and suddenly you're “difficult.” 😂

Sir, you're not upset that I have a boundary.

You're upset that the boundary applies to YOU. 💅

There is a difference.

#MANTM #TheMaleAudacityReport

💜 Women Wednesday:

Here’s to the woman who started again.

At 30. At 40. At 50. At 60. At 70. Or yesterday.

Women reinvent themselves all the damn time.

There is no deadline for becoming someone new.

What did your “starting over” chapter teach you?

#WomenWednesday #MANTM

💭 Thoughtful Tuesday:

How many things do we apologize for that don't require an apology?

Having needs. Setting boundaries. Disagreeing. Saying no. Changing our minds.

Sometimes “thank you” works better than “sorry.”

And sometimes? Neither is necessary. 💜

#ThoughtfulTuesday #MANTM