I feel like listing good things about themselves is something that a lot of people would battle with. So as an amab non-binary person who can only say what I admire about women and not myself in this case, I hope you don’t mind if I bend the rules of this post a bit and speak about someone else.

I admire the women who make this world a kinder and more inclusive place, despite personal hardship and living in a world where the odds are usually stacked against them. I admire the warriors who have scratched and clawed and fought against a dogmatic and bigoted patriarchy through the ages, and who still continue to fight for a world where everyone has a voice and can dream and achieve their goals.

At this point I’m inclined to believe women more when they speak about freedom and empathy and fairness. And I know, there’s a percentage of nazis in every group but going by pure statistics as well as my own anecdotal life experience, as someone that’s always been a bit of an outsider, I feel safer being closer to the real me around women than with men. (Also just for any men that might be reading this who are starting to feel persecuted against and left out right now, I know there’s also good men but this post isn’t about you)

I admire women who put their bodies through hell and their own lives aside to raise children, and I admire them twicefold for not getting out a pillow and suffocating a child when the boy she raised starts listening to Andrew Tate. i admire basically most women (except JK Rowling) for putting up with so much shit for so long and still not going down ‘womenosphere’ rabbit holes and turning into religious fascists that want to take away everyone else’s rights to get ahead. Again, I know TERFs exist but they’re far less mainstream than alpha bigots.

Women fucking rock. And I hope this isn’t all corny or too much.

And I’ve said it before and I’ll probably say it again some time but thank you for allowing someone like me to exist in this community and be influenced and enlightened and entertained by people that I admire and feel safe around. And occasionally gush.

I bet that everyone in this great community has something admirable about them, even if it’s just being a decent human being in a world that wants the opposite to be the norm.

I think people at least should admire that I’m nice to everyone at work. I know people in other departments cos I’m friendly and nice to them, it really helps the them and us divide.

I’ve done a fair bit of charity work, people often admire that. It’s a great thing to do.

My boyfriend: that I keep doing scary things even though it takes a lot out of me (like outdoor climbing, moving to a new country, doing a triathlon race).