What must it say to a man that a young woman, at a time when email was still fairly new, not everyone had an email address, chooses an email atypical from the bubble gum generic email everyone else had?
What must it say that a young woman researches, goes through name books, only to choose a Russian family name that by definition means without fear, unwavering faith?
For when I read that name, and the names meaning – without fear, unwavering faith – I thought to myself, well, that’s about right. Please do not address that comment as such. I went out of my way to find a name with meaning not only to me, but to others.
What must it say to a man when a young woman’s voice does not match her body?
I know what it says to me.
What does it say to you?
Anything?
Not everyone goes out of their way to work as hard as I do. There is nothing wrong with that either.