An act of defiant self love

Dara Laine Murray
2 min readFeb 16, 2022

It’s essential to invest in ourselves and our businesses.

Yet, we find ourselves in a predicament.

First, we’re consistently told (through media and experiences) that womxn are less ambitious, less successful, less connected than our male counterparts.

In addition, womxn (especially womxn of color) are often punished for their ambition, for being forthright, and for speaking truth to power.

Womxn who are successful are often viewed in a negative light, particularly when addressing their personality.

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Dara Laine Murray

Multi-passionate sobriety writer on Medium. Day job: Director of Research at a nonprofit. Stories = sober + stats. Editor: https://medium.com/modern-sobriety