I am reading a book right now called Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and one of the main character is a 16 year old girl. In the book he describes her as strong and by all accounts she is. She has survives on the streets, through beatings and hunger. She is deemed useful in a time when most women like her would be dismissed or sold to a whore house. When I was searching around online for reviews of the book I found a creeping pattern. A pattern of reviews that denied her strength. It was essentially what I am now referring to as the Sansa Stark problem. She doesn’t act like a man, she isn’t always yelling or screaming, she doesn’t always fight back, she survives. There is strength in that. There is strength in fighting quietly. There is strength in ways that are not overt.
Personal Stuffs: I walked like ten miles this weekend. It’s not a lot but it’s something. I am doing something.
Classroom Stuffs: I am so impressed with my students lately. They are working so well. Also, we have three day week.
Personal Change: I went to the gym. Well, I signed in. So now I have a log in. That’s something.
Classroom Change: Just want to get on top of my stuff.
Reading: I am listening to the Mistborn series and I am really liking it. My brother would tell you I like everything.
Watching: Caught up on Gotham and Blacklist. So it was a bad tv weekend.
Your assigned reading: The story of a pregnant photo journalist.
a brand new line. 
I loved the mistbirn series. And I really enjoyed this post. “There is strength in surviving”. I needed that today.
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Love your post and I want to read it. I think the way we handle things and survive are also cultural. I’m noticing in teaching a big difference between scholars from different cultures and how they display strength.
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