UnQuiet - Rooted In Power

Introduction:

 

In 2025, my teenage daughter has fewer rights than I did at her age. She has less autonomy over her body, fewer legal protections, and fewer freedoms that once felt hard-won, if not entirely secure. We are living in a moment that feels less like a step backward and more like a calculated rollback. Women are being criminalized for ending pregnancies. Doctors face prison for saving the life of a mother over that of an unborn, unviable fetus. In boardrooms and hiring panels, women are asked if their job was earned—or handed to them as part of a diversity metric. And on national stages, prominent men tell graduating classes that women are happiest as homemakers, as if we’ve all been waiting for someone to remind us of our “place.”

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Too many people in power would prefer if we stay quiet. Smile politely and not give another thought to changing the system. Be grateful. Be good. Be quiet.

 

Let me be clear: This deck isn’t about bitterness. It’s not about bashing men. And it’s not a weapon—it’s a mirror. Because, the revolution starts within. This deck is about telling our truth about the systems and stories we’ve inherited—often from people who loved us. In fact, most of the shame I carried didn’t come from men. It came from my mother. From the culture she absorbed, internalized, and passed down like good manners. Not out of malice—but because that’s how things worked in her world. This is not an indictment. It’s a reckoning.

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It is a calling out of the patterns we were taught to live with—and, in many cases, to live by. It’s about how girls are taught to be good instead of bold. To be liked instead of listened to. To be quiet so others can feel comfortable. To be small so others can feel big. It’s about the roles we never chose—good daughter, good wife, team player, helper, peacemaker—and how those roles shaped us into the people we are today.

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Continue reading the introduction and check out a sample of the guidebook.