I have thought so much about Scripps recently and how on earth it was that I just blocked out the culture of feminism there. Again I think I too took my rights for granted and blindly believed that there was no need.

You speak many true words here "we've come so far but have a long way to go" and "the harder a post is to write, the more it must be" Yup...I NEEDED to write this. In fact I pinned myself to it and wouldn't let myself post about anything else until I did it since I've so effectively not finished any of my other 20 or so writings about women's issues. Probably there will be more to come now that I've broken the ice with myself.