Standing for Empathy

Not a Protestor by Nature, But Twice Called to Action

I wanted to entitle this post, “My first protest ever” then I remembered I protested in elementary school. Girls could not wear pants to school. I couldn’t play on the tricky bars because I heard too many taunts of:

I see London
I see France
I see April’s
Underpants¹

I’m not sure of the specifics, I checked my diary from 3rd grade and I wrote, “Wore pants wit…