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A Fresh Look at a Long-Standing Conundrum

I always believed 'discovering your passion' was beyond me.  It was for other people, but I just didn't have a thing I was supposed to be doing.  I thought it had to be something I wanted to do – paint, write, direct, cure people, …  I always saw do what you love as an action.  It didn't occur to me that it could be a cause.  Now I see it can be and has been my whole life about Feminism--equality for girls and women.  When in third grade I declared, "I am a boy," it wasn't about gender – it was about equality.  All around me I saw boys were treated differently and better than girls.  I saw them get special consideration in the classroom, more excuses for bad behavior, and more freedom.  I saw that boys got to do what they wanted and ask for what they wanted with full expectation that they would get it.     Throughout my life I argued and fought for equality.  I ran into numerous situations (metaphysically created...