Thread by @monaeltahawy

Too often the story of ambition has been written by and for middle and upper class white women and then presented to the rest of us as pre-packaged ambition for our consumption.

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It was never my ambition to become a CEO, to have a corner office, or to become rich. What is ambition liberated from all of that?

What does ambition look like for a woman whose goal is not to become rich? What is ambition liberated from corporate success? #MayDay2021

What is ambition for a working class woman or a woman who is poor?

Who or what determines what women are supposed to be, want, and do? Primarily, patriarchy, which works in tandem w/other forms of oppression, esp for women of colour and women from marginalized groups.

In capitalist societies where neoliberal policies privilege a free market over working conditions that are the antithesis of freedom, is work the end result of ambition or the place where ambition goes to die?

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Patriarchy, racism and capitalist exploitation cannot be solved on a per individual basis by celebrating exceptional cases who survive and thrive despite those systemic oppressions. #MayDay

What does ambition look like during these days of immense loss & grief, when a global pandemic has pushed so many women out of workforce & into lockdown w/abusive partners in a reminder it was home all along & not a park/parking lot where danger & death so often ensnared them?

Our ambition should be to guarantee universal basic income.

Our ambition should be to guarantee housing for all.

Our ambition should be to ensure everyone has free education and healthcare.

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