There’s a movement taking place across the planet. 

The women.

We’re mad as hell.

You can count me in that camp.

The anger comes out of nowhere – triggered by a moment, a news story, or a flashback to a situation or an environment I remained in because it seemed like I had no other choice.

Surviving. 

I was barely keeping my head above water for decades and there’s an anger that comes from that too.

Throughout my career, women, myself included, were overlooked for advancements. Not because we weren’t qualified.  No, that wasn’t it. 

Power and dominance – once you have it, it’s hard to let go of, isn’t it?

I looked on as my male counterparts earned 25% more while I worked at least twice as hard every damn day. Do you have any idea what a difficult pill that is to swallow day after day, year after year? Over your entire career?

If you are a woman reading this, you are only too painfully aware.

Oh and FYI, “That’s just the way it is” is not an appropriate response when questioned why it continues to happen.

Which leads me to the Cornell 7.

I’m grateful the truth finally surfaced but this was not a breaking story. Violations like this has been happening for a very long time.

And the victim (referred to as Jane Doe) is now living in constant fear for her own survival.

For exposing the truth.

The Epstein victims? How much longer will the world turn a blind eye to the many collaborators, enablers and perpetrators?

None of this is new to us. Women and girls have long been objectified.

And when we witness a woman forced to repeat her painful story over and over, seeing her dismissed, disbelieved or downplayed by the very institutions and systems built to protect us?

It awakens something in each of us. A holy fire within, if you will.

It’s true, we are all Jane Doe.

On the domestic front, according to National No Housework Day – Statistics Canada, women averaged 820 hours of unpaid work per year in 2015 compared to 540 hours for men. Laundry (61%) and meal preparation (56%) were most often carried out by women and men looked after outdoor work and repairs (78%)

A New GreenShield Survey Finds 92% of Canadian Mothers Carry the Family Mental Load as Back-to-School Pressures Build │ GreenShield, 92% of mothers feel entirely responsible for anticipating, planning, and tracking family-related tasks and schedules. 86% of women reported feeling they “were always on”.

According to Why work-life balance still isn’t working for women, especially moms | CBC News, mothers act as the go to for emergency childcare, and are twice as likely to decline promotions or reduce their working hours to keep the household running.

So yes, we’re tired, we’re angry and we’re sick of holding things together.

At other times, the waves come…

For the times I smiled to keep peace while seething inside.

I did the right things.

I followed the rules.

I gave so much of myself, I burned out.

But one by one, we’re finding each other and our voice again, taking back our power.

And we are remembering who we were born to be.

Throughout history, women who dared to step outside traditional roles – as healers, truthtellers or accused witches – were persecuted, tortured and coerced, executed on mass or treated as outcasts.

But now, my social media feed is full of brave women, sharing stories and speaking truth.

Momentum is building. Can you feel it?

There’s too many of us now. We can’t be stopped and we sure as hell won’t be silenced.

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