Aug 31, 2020
8 min read
Lived Through This
Sweaty Concepts: On Being a Woman in the U.S. Army
Finding my voice as a woman and veteran
When I was 25, I enlisted in the U.S. Army. During basic training, I wrote “It is a privilege to be oneself” in my journal. I scribbled those words under incredible physical and emotional distress, stripped of all indicators and standards of selfhood…
