I Am Spartacus by Sarah Hoyt
I am Spartacus* because for all too long I stayed quiet. I stayed quiet because baby needed shoes (often literally) and I needed work in a biased field that would blacklist me as soon as they knew my true self.
I allowed my loyalties and beliefs to be assumed from external appearances and origins – I allowed them to believe I must be extreme left because I’m female, of Latin origin, and have somewhat more than a Master’s degree in Modern Languages and Literature. (I would go back for the doctorate, I would, but I’m not willing to stay quiet anymore.) Those years of festering silence weigh within me, and in the scales of eternal justice I’m afraid I’ll get counted with the enemies of Liberty, because I was quiet, I consented.
I am no longer quiet.
Read the rest here: http://accordingtohoyt.com/2013/08/15/i-am-spartacus/
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#1VINCENT commented09-09-2013, 11:12 AMEditing a commentTHANKS AB. GREAT READ. JUST A REMINDER TO PEOPLE. WHEN YOU GET TO THE LINK, YOU MUST TYPE " I AM SPARTACUS" INTO THE SEARCH BOX. SHE HAS WRITTEN QUITE A FEW ENTERIES SINCE THEN
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