Which is more feminist: attempting to use the patriarchal family structure and the marriage industrial complex to my advantage as an artist, or subsisting on my own strength and hustle? Is seeking an arrangement wherein a man sustains me while I achieve maximum success and freedom the most feminist thing ever, or just a cliché admission of my reliance on capitalist patriarchy? Are we only feminists if we struggle? Are we only feminists if we are alone? Can I at once work to break down a heteronormative capitalist system while reaping its benefits: money, time, freedom, leisure, and peace of mind?

I don’t know
when I got so punk rock
but when I catch
myself in the mirror I
feel stronger. So when
at five in the afternoon
something on my TV says
time is not on your side
I don’t give any
shits at all.