COMMENTARY: 'We made signs and protested — not because protesting is sufficient, but because it is one way for my children to fit into the long history of channeling anger into action,' writes anrielizabeth:
and the patriarchy that buttresses them both. A plan that counts on the complicity of — and comfort we feel in — our silence.
My privilege shows in my assumption that my children would have it better than my mother’s generation and mine — that our safety nets of time and money would be enough, should they ever need an abortion. But this past week is certainly not the first time we have discussed bodily autonomy or our need to fight for a more equitable health care system.
“What’s sexual assault?” my 8-year-old daughter asked me when now Justice Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court. The voice of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford was the soundtrack to our ride home, the radio tuned to NPR as she and her little sister piled into the car after school. My answer was messy, but I built off of conversations we had already had about sex and consent. My 6-year-olds’ eyes were wide. Her older sister stared straight at me in the rearview mirror.
And while I am disappointed in my 10-year-old self, I don’t have to repeat the cycles that led to my unchecked excitement that day. The oft-repeated line “believe Black women” rings in my head. Anita Hill told us. Rosa Parks did too — making plain why Thomas’ nomination would be a stepping stone to where we find ourselves today. I only learned of this thanks to aI want my daughters to connect the dots earlier. Our conversations are ordinary, often lasting no more than a few minutes.
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