lucky

Lately I've been coming to understand better just how lucky I am to live in the age and country that I do. I've been grateful, pretty much all my life that pants are everyday wear and that girls and women are no longer required to wear skirts; I've never liked skirts or dresses much and feel a bit baffeled when others tell me how much they love them, when I think about people wearing them because they want to, I'm taken aback. As I've grown and learned more about history, I've found more and more things to be grateful for, things that I've taken for granted: not wearing corsets, that I can have and choose my profession, that I was able and encouraged to get an education... the list goes on and on.
I have a feminist streak and no doubt about it. I believe my feminism was sparked by learning about the suffragette movement, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Caddy Stanton, and others who's names I can't think of. These women worked hard and suffered a lot to bring the vote to women. I always loved this song from Mary Poppins, it was years before I understood what it was about but now I do and I appreciate it all the more.
I recently watched a movie about Coco Chanel called Coco Avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel) and I had no idea how much I ought to be grateful to her. Before Chanel women's clothes were lovely but restricting and impractical, Chanel got rid of her corset and made clothes that allowed women to breath and to do the things that men could do.
There are so many more things and women to be grateful for, but I'll stop there. Here's to the men and women who've worked towards equality.