Resistance Through the Eyes Dr. Jennifer Smith, Acting Director of the Women’s Center I resist the notion that men and women are polar opposites. I resist the idea that prejudice and intolerance are inevitable. I resist the sense that change will never occur. I resist the suggestion that resistance is futile. I resist privilege in all its forms. I resist the stereotype that feminists are ball-busting, humorless man-haters. I resist willful ignorance. I resist a world where violence is normalized and accepted. I resist the belief that one person can’t make a difference or that small actions don’t somehow change the world. I resist the nefarious –isms. I resist the assumption that the Women’s Center is for women only. I resist so that my students, my niece, my nephew, and my friends’ children can know a better world. I resist the belief that lived experience doesn’t count, that our stories aren’t transformative. I resist the temptation to remain idle in the face of injustice. I resist because I don’t have a choice. I resist.
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