It is within the family that most men learn that women are there to serve them, whether as mother, wife, or daughter. Many women have questioned how men can discriminate against women when they have mothers, wives, and daughters. In fact, it is in just these intimate relationships that men have the greatest interest in maintaining male domination. And it is through these relationships that people learn the social reality that women are second-class citizens.

“I never loved you so deeply, so desperately, as now. You say that you feel I am very distant from you now. In the whole world there is no one I love besides you. You are the only individual existence that moves me unto death.”

Since I’m not seeing her name nearly enough on the press, let’s give the attention Katie Bouman deserves. Thanks to her, we are now possible to see the first ever image of a black hole, something that people talked 200 years ago for the first time. It’s no longer a myth. We are girls and we can be whatever we want to be. Einstein would be proud of you, Katie. Thank you!