I want to encourage teenage girls to take up more space in the world, not less

Sometimes I get messages from people who want my opinion on a particular topic or event because, they say, I am ‘always right’.

I want to encourage teenage girls to take up more space in the world, not less

This makes me uneasy. I am all too aware of how far from infallible I am and how much I still have to learn.

I am growing as a person and as a feminist, hopefully evolving and trying to look at the world around me in a more nuanced and thoughtful manner.

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