{"id":4498,"date":"2017-01-22T12:56:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T20:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4498"},"modified":"2017-01-22T12:56:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T20:56:36","slug":"so-far-to-go-victoria-01222017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4498","title":{"rendered":"So Far To Go \u2013 Victoria \u2013 [01\/22\/2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"‘Cause… <\/em>
\n I know we’ve Come So Far <\/em>
\n But we’ve Got So Far To Go<\/em>
\n ~ Hairspray<\/em><\/p>\n

Today \u2013 as with every day \u2013 the world stands at a crossroads.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, millions of people made their voices heard. Millions of feet hit the street in the largest world wide protest that many of us had ever seen. But not all of us, many on those streets and outside of them recognize those protests, because they remember when they\u2019ve happened before.<\/p>\n

And it was those people who reminded me of something incredibly important:<\/p>\n

Yesterday was not enough.<\/p>\n

I was among many yesterday who had probably never attended a protest in their lives. I\u2019m not an activist, I\u2019m not a political person, I am guilty of hiding in the shadows instead of speaking out. There were a lot of people like me there yesterday, deciding that this was it, this was the time to change things.<\/p>\n

But the thing is, change does not happen because of just one day. And it does not happen just because you went to one march. Marching is not enough. One day of changing your attitude, of standing up and speaking out, is not enough. This is not the time to put our marching boots in the closet and go back to our own comfortable lives, there is still a fight, there will always be a fight. This is not the time to sit back and look at those selfies you may have snapped and congratulate yourself for \u201cdoing something\u201d and then leave it at that. This is the time to KEEP doing something,<\/p>\n

The rights we marched for yesterday are still in danger. And it should be noted that the March yesterday did not have a single arrest, while a march run by something like Black Lives Matter (also intended to be a peaceful march) is met with riot gear before it even starts. The balance is still heavily tipped. Just because the majority marched, does not mean the minorities are saved.<\/p>\n

What yesterday was<\/em>? Was a start. A beautiful, true and strong start\u2026a start that I dearly hope will start to change attitudes towards privilege and every single other \u2013ism. Ride that wave of hope, fan the flame it gives you, and use it to keep moving forward\u2026and NOT JUST FOR YOU.<\/p>\n

Because this isn\u2019t just about feminism, any more than it is just about race, or just about orientation. Intersectionality is a real thing, and something that needs to be acknowledged, we will get nowhere if by fighting for \u201cour\u201d cause, we fight against someone else\u2019s, or eclipse someone else\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Those of us who are fortunate enough to be born into privilege (and that does not necessarily mean \u2013 or have anything to do with wealth) \u2013 have a responsibility: not only to treat every one of our fellow human beings with kindness and respect, but to acknowledge<\/em> the privilege we have been born into, and use it to fight \u2013 and fight hard \u2013 to bring everyone the rights that we are lucky enough to enjoy every day.<\/p>\n

The fight, my friends, brothers, sisters and elders\u2026has only just begun.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to be a long, tumultuous, four years, we have a lot of work ahead of us. So acknowledge each other, help each other, get comfortable with being uncomfortable\u2026<\/p>\n

Because it really is time to stop accepting the things we cannot change, and start changing the things we can no longer accept.<\/p>\n

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