Ambition, one of The Seven Necessary Sins For wans Girls, is defiance, a middle finger to patriarchy’s insistence that women shrink ourselves. “Who do you think you are?” I am asked. Here’s who I think I am #7NecessarySins
Ambition is a “sin” because patriarchy wants women to be *less than*; ambition means being *more than*. #7NecessarySins
Patriarchy works in tandem with other forms of oppression. That is especially the case for women of colour and women from marginalized groups: patriarchy, racism, capitalism, classism, transphobia, etc. ##NecessarySins
What ambition is a working class woman allowed to have? A woman of color? A domestic worker? What is ambition for a woman whose goal is *not* to become a CEO or to become rich? What is ambition liberated from all of that? #7NecessarySins
What is ambition liberated from corporate success? What ambition is a poor woman allowed to have? #7NecessarySins 
Until we divorce ambition from patriarchy and patriarchy from ambition, we will forever force women and girls to shrink themselves to fit that asinine phrase “a woman can do whatever a man can.”
I don’t want to do what a man can. I want to be free. #7NecessarySins.
I don’t want to do what a man can. I want to be free. #7NecessarySins.
It is my ambition to be a radical and relevant voice against patriarchy, racism, classism, homophobia, transphobia, and all forms of bigotry. And I believe I am succeeding. Am I arrogant in thinking so? Who cares? I have fucking earned it. #7NecessarySins
