Women Are Needed Now: A manifesto for this moment

We're needed now. 

Not later.
Not when things calm down.
Now.

We're living inside the collapse of patriarchy.
And it’s not subtle.

What is breaking apart is not just political systems or institutions.
It’s the way of being that rewards domination, greed, and control, while masquerading as leadership.

And the cost has been devastating.

The Epstein Crimes Are Not an Anomaly

The Epstein crimes are not an isolated scandal.
They are a revelation.

Years of abuse.
Young women and girls trafficked, violated, silenced.
Protected by wealth, power, and institutions that knew and did nothing.

And still, at the time of this writing, not all of the files have been released.

The files that have been made public are staggering.
The redactions are glaring.
The unanswered questions are deafening.

How much was hidden?
How many names remain protected?
How long has this been allowed to continue?

This is not just about powerful men who thought they could get away with whatever depravity they chose.  

This is about a system that rewarded silence.
That normalized exploitation.
That treated women’s bodies as currency and called it power.

And We Are Supposed to Keep Doubting Ourselves

Women have been conditioned for generations to second-guess what we see.
To overthink what we know.
To soften our truth so others feel more comfortable.

We learned to be nice.
To be agreeable.
To be grateful for being allowed into spaces that were never built for us.

People pleasing was not a personality trait.
It was survival.

Self-doubt was not weakness.

 It was conditioning.

Overthinking is not a pathology.
It's what happens when you don't trust yourself. 

This Is Personal

I lived this.

I did't rock the boat.
I avoided conflict.

I swallowed my anger because I didn’t want to cause a scene. 

I told myself it was not worth it.
That I was overreacting.
That keeping the peace mattered more than telling the truth.

So I stayed busy.
Productive. Responsible. Capable.
I disappeared into doing.

And when anger finally surfaced, it came out sideways.

Because rage that has been buried does not come out clean.

What We Are Feeling Now Makes Sense

Women are enraged right now.
And awake.

Not hysterical.
Not irrational.
Clear.

This rage is earned.

But rage alone is not enough.

Unintegrated rage burns us out.
Turns inward.
Turns us against ourselves.

The work now is not to suppress it.
The work is to refine it.

Turning Rage Into Power

Rage, when rooted, becomes power.
Not the kind that dominates.
The kind that discerns.

This is where the feminine comes in.
Not as a stereotype.
But as a force.

The feminine knows how to feel without collapsing.
How to see clearly without dissociating.
How to stand firm without becoming cruel.

This is not about women becoming like the men who broke the world.
It is about ending the spell.

Ending the self-doubt.
Ending the over-explaining.
Ending the habit of abandoning ourselves to stay safe.’

What We Are Teaching Our Daughters

I think about my granddaughters.
What world are they inheriting?

What am I modeling for them now?

I want them to know their anger is a guide for them. 
That their intuition is trustworthy.
That their voice does not need permission.

My generation was taught to be good girls.
Quiet girls.
Girls who did not make trouble.

That era is over.

Something Is Shifting

Something is breaking open.
And women are being asked to rise.
Not in reaction.

In authority.

I don't have all the answers yet.
But I know this.

We will not think our way out of this.
We will not please our way out of this.
We will not stay silent our way out of this.

The Epstein crimes are not just about the past.
They are a mirror.

The spell is breaking.
And we are done pretending we do not see it.

What Comes Next

I am paying close attention to what is asking to be created right now.
If this stirred something in you, know that I am working on something for women who feel this, too.

Over to You:

What are you no longer willing to doubt about yourself?