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In Trump’s America, Glennon Doyle is one of the voices we all need
“I never promised to be perfect. I promised to be honest.”
Glennon Doyle, former mommy blogger, Oprah approved author and proud truth teller, is now my woke BAE.
Recently, in an article on The Cut, Glennon spoke about how White Women arrive at social justice in Trump’s America at an Oprah sponsored event, saying “I know that many of us are feeling alone and ignored and threatened and abused … And this is painful. But what we need to remember is that this is just a touch of the pain that so many marginalized people in this country have been feeling for ages. What sucks is that it took us being personally affected to finally show up. We cannot show up for the movement and say, ‘Here we are!’ until we say, ‘We are so damn sorry it took us so long.’ … And so when white women say to me, ‘How do I lead? Where do I begin?’ I say, ‘You do not lead! And you don’t begin anything!’ The fight for civil rights is not new, we’re just new to it.”
I’m a fan.
Glennon is not shy to share her insights with her people, exactly the opposite.
In a recent interview on Luvvie Ajayi’s podcast Rants and Randomness, Glennon shared her thoughts on the opioid crisis, noting what most people of color noticed; the difference in language used to describe…