You know, it's so hard to be so very critical of this stuff. Especially with all of the good points I enumerated. The men really were good men. And I am so blessed to be surrounded by loving, amazing men who get it- in fact, one of the first comments out of ALizarin's mouth was "you'd think a strong woman from a warrior tribe would do more." Yeah, you would! But still, as a woman, a critical thinking, observant woman I just feel beat down sometimes by the All (White) Men, All the Time state of the world.

I also really struggle with bringing another white privileged male into the world. I know that I can raise him to be awesome like his father and our male friends, but still. I hate to admit it, but I was really bummed after watching the movie to think that there was a penis inside me. I'm not proud of this. It's part of my continuing personal struggle.