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You see we’re tired, my heart and I.
We dealt with books, we trusted men,
And in our own blood drenched the pen,
As if such colours could not fly.
We walked too straight for fortune’s end,
We loved too true to keep a friend ;
At last we’re tired, my heart and I.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning from “My Heart and I”
I learned about Elizabeth Barrett Browning because I have been listening to a podcast called “Bad Ass Women of History” (and let me tell you, it’s hitting all the right notes). It’s artistic. The balance between the speakers is fantastic, in my opinion. One is brash and straight to the point, while the other is thoughtful and walks us intentionally to the point. Both are educated in the art history field, raw, honest, and interesting. Once I watched Serpent Queen on Starz, I had to learn more about women throughout history. That’s what attracted me to this podcast, and I’m loving it. Learning about all these bad ass women over the past few weeks balanced out my femininity journey because one thing I learned is that sometimes the situation calls for you to wear the pants. (I just laughed out loud at that). Anyway, what I’m saying is as women, we need both femininity and masculinity. We get to choose how we wield it.
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