Alex Cooper
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It does force us to constantly have our head on a swivel.
So in a beautiful way, you have to find the positives.
We're forced to be so multifaceted and we're forced to know.
who we are in so many different lanes.
And we're also forced at every age, 18, 21, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80.
We have to constantly be thinking how we're evolving because society is forcing us to do that.
But if we can use it to our advantage, that's when you become unstoppable.
The anger that can come up with the double standards, I just wanna make sure we hit on this, because I feel a lot of, in a beautiful way, yes, there is a lot going on with these generations, but we are vocal and people are saying how they feel, but it is crazy how the world still punishes outspoken women and judges us more harshly than men who literally say the exact same thing as us, right?
At the beginning of your husband's first campaign, you were labeled an angry black woman,
Because you were speaking assertively and honestly.
Yeah, you referenced that earlier of how they turned passion into anger.
What advice would you give to strong women in this upcoming generation right now who are listening who have been labeled a bitch or too much or too passionate?
And they're doing the same exact thing as their male counterparts.
It's such good advice, Michelle.
Like even for myself personally, I'm...
i feel like a sponge right now i'm like keep talking just keep going like how much more time we have because it's so relevant to the way that women live right now it's like there are more ambitious women than ever which is amazing there are women working we finally are allowed to vote we all have credit cards great now we actually have ambition and we're trying and it is an uphill battle but we are being met with like we
I said the same thing as him.
Why didn't that work?