They will celebrate you as long as you are palatable.
As long as your strength entertains them.
As long as your truth doesn’t disrupt anything.
But the moment you speak plainly, the room will shift.
This is not new.
This is how the world responds when women stop performing and start telling the truth.
This is a short story about Pam Grier and millions of women before and after her. Not everyone can handle the truth.
Some of us are forced to, though.