NEWS FLASH

AS A MAN, YOUR TIME IS NOT MORE VALUABLE THAN MINE. 

YOUR TIME IS NOT MORE WORTHWHILE THAN MY OWN. YOU DO NOT DESERVE MORE. YOU DO NOT ASK FOR MORE. YOU DO NOT GET TO TAKE MORE. YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO MORE. YOU DO NOT GET TO DEMAND MORE OF MY TIME, MORE OF MY ATTENTION, MORE OF MY GOODWILL. YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO START FIRST, END FIRST, FIRST PLACE, OR TO TAKE LONGER. YOU ARE NOT MORE WORTHWHILE. YOU ARE NOT BETTER. YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO MORE. YOU ARE NOT A BETTER PERSON THAN ME FOR BEING A MAN.

REPEAT AFTER ME: YOUR TIME IS NOT MORE VALUABLE THAN MY TIME. YOU ARE NOT INTRINSICALLY MORE WORTHWHILE THAN I AM. YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO TAKE UP MORE OF MY TIME. YOU DO NOT GET TO TAKE MY TIME, MY CARE, MY ENERGY, MY ATTENTION. 

REPEAT AFTER ME: YOU DO NOT GET TO LAUGH WHEN I GET ANGRY ABOUT YOU. YOU DO NOT GET TO ASK WHY AM I MAD. YOU DO NOT GET TO SAY I AM OVERREACTING. YOU DO NOT GET TO SAY I NEED TO RELAX. YOU DO NOT GET TO SAY I AM JUST BEING EMOTIONAL. YOU DO NOT GET TO TRIVIALIZE ME. YOU DO NOT GET TO LAUGH. YOU DO NOT GET TO BRUSH THIS ASIDE AS MY OVERREACTION, MY TIME OF THE MONTH, MY IRRATIONAL EMOTIONS.

MY TIME IS NOT LESS VALUABLE. MY TIME IS NOT LESS IMPORTANT. MY TIME IS NOT TRIVIAL. I AM WORTHWHILE. I AM VALUABLE. I HAVE VALUABLE INPUT. I HAVE VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT OPINIONS AND IDEAS. I AM NOT SMALL. I AM NOT TO BE LAUGHED AT. I WILL NOT BE COMPLIANT. I WILL NOT SIT DOWN. I WILL NOT BACK DOWN. I WILL NOT MAKE MYSELF SMALL. I WILL NOT QUIET MY ANGER. I WILL NOT MAKE MYSELF MORE PLEASANT FOR CONSUMPTION, FOR ENTRAPMENT. IT IS NOT THAT I AM A WOMAN AND YOU WILL HEAR ME ROAR. I AM A WOMAN AND YOU WILL KNOW I AM HERE. YOU WILL ACKNOWLEDGE MY EXISTENCE. YOU WILL RESPECT MY EXISTENCE. YOU WILL RESPECT MY TIME.

YOU WILL RESPECT MY TIME.