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The Game Is Rigged

The Game Is Rigged

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The game is rigged.

And I feel foolish for saying it out loud. I’m almost 40.

I knew this intellectually, of course. I knew the statistics, the history, the patterns. I knew that women have forever been paid less, promoted less, believed less. I knew the names of the ones who fought anyway and the names of the ones who were swallowed whole. I knew the rul…

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