Claire Donald
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Oh, my God.
The pressure.
The pressure.
But what a cool writing exercise.
And that's actually kind of nice when there's a prompt.
That's so interesting.
So she ended up writing this article.
And I have read this article before.
And it was quite revolutionary, I would say, for this time.
Because Joan was telling women of the 60s.
Your worth and your self-respect cannot come from the outside.
It has to come from you.
Oh, Jesus Christ.
Aren't we all still trying to, you know, get there?
Women are constantly conditioned to monitor ourselves constantly through the eyes of how others are perceiving us.
And Joan was like, ladies, that's emotional dependency.
Yeah.
You are never going to get anywhere satisfying with that outlook, are you?
No, exactly.
She was like, self-respect is emotional independence.