Challenging Societally Defined Success is My Life’s Work… So Why Do I Still Fall Into Its Trap?

At the beginning of my junior year in college, I took an anthropology class for the first time and quickly fell in love with the field. The class was taught by one of the best professors I ever had and she opened my eyes to new understanding about how we live and why. On the

When Ability Isn’t Quantifiable

I’m going to describe a 21-year-old woman with dyscalculia who I know. Because of her disability, she can’t drive, read a map, tell time, do basic addition, or ride a bicycle. She struggles with her mental health and social life partially as a result of having dyscalculia, and is so directionally challenged that she has

Some Women Can’t Do Everything (And That’s OK!)

Over the years, feminism has taught us that women can do anything men can do, and that’s a good thing. But sometimes it’s hard not feel as though failure to conform to a narrow definition of “success” means that I’m not doing my part to counter the harmful stereotypes of women perpetuated by society. I