eight years ago anthony bourdain who experienced so much of this world chose to leave it and i can’t help but think of sylvia plath’s quote “wherever i sat, on the deck of a ship or at a street café in paris or bangkok, i would be sitting under the same glass bell jar”
I wonder what the world could have looked like if women were not literally systematically barred entry for decades and an actual oppressed class for centuries. what could the world have looked like
Who eats first, who eats what, who serves and who waits. Men receive the best portions while women serve and sit last. And look at holidays like christmas and eid, without going far this fasting period. Women fast all day too yet many are the ones planning iftar and serving
Let me say this.
People don’t really understand the depth of this tweet.
This is a generational defiance.
For centuries across parts of Asia, patriarchy wasn’t just cultural, it was structural. Confucian hierarchies, rigid family systems, and social norms that positioned women under male authority.
Important things like mobility, ambition, even visibility were negotiated through fathers or husbands, dependency was romanticized, and the obedience was rewarded with the good girl tag.
Now women are boarding planes, running companies, occupying boardrooms, choosing themselves, and some of you are still asking,
“Why make it about gender?”
Because history made it about gender.
This trend isn’t even bragging. It’s emancipation in real time!
And if women taking up space feels loud, maybe silence was just more convenient for you.