When asked why I write, I often wish I can say it as eloquently as Audre Lourde. She says:
“We too often have been expected to be all things to all people and to speak everyone else’s position but our very own.
“Our experiences and stories are way too often told through interpreters. And history, systems, and laws have told us we need a man’s voice or power to name our existence, to validate our experiences. That we need a son to carry on a legacy, to etch our impact in time. But we get to define ourselves, not through how others imagine us, but through how we see ourselves. Even if our truth makes you uncomfortable.”