Bad Girl

Today’s post is an essay. BE WARNED. My sister is a feminist. Don’t try to talk to her about double standards, or you’ll never hear the end of it. Cat call her on the streets and she’s bound to give you the stink eye and maybe even bless you with a lesson or two about how it’s not polite. She’s smart, opinionated and she believes that one day we can all live in an ideal world of gender equality. One day, she was telling me about a friend who had won numerous awards for her outstanding work in helping indigenous communities in the Philippines, and her other friend who was equally accomplished in her advocacy to promote healthier...