Welcome to this week's episode of the Rise Podcast. Today we're going to dig

into a topic that really really hurts a lot of us women and it's something we

don't often think about being dangerous and that's judging other women. It's the

kind of thing that starts with harmful gossip or maybe talking about someone

else behind their back or maybe even just judging them in your own head. But

that kind of mentality breeds into something so much worse and keeps us from

the community that we're craving. So let's unpack this idea of judgment, the

idea of I'm better than you. In this chapter from the audio version of Girl

Wash Your Face. Remember if you want to grab the entire book you can get it

anywhere audiobooks are sold or you can borrow it from your local library for free.

Chapter 4. The Lie. I'm better than you. I feel the need to confess. I shave my toes.

I totally do. Sometimes not all the time mind you. I look down in the shower and

see my big toes sprouting locks long enough to braid. It's embarrassing. Sure.

But a quick swipe of my razor returns my toenuckles to their usual silky smooth

glory. None of this would be such an epic admission for me to make except that I

once made fun of a girl in freshman year English class for doing this exact

thing. Blargh. I feel like such a jerk even now 150 years later. Friends, let me

paint a quick picture of myself in high school. I was a solid 20 pounds heavier. I

wore clothes from the Goodwill and I was the president of the drama club. I

wasn't someone who teased others. I was someone who got teased. But there was

that one instance when I did tease the one and only time in my memory that I

actively made fun of someone else. Maybe that's why it sticks out in my brain.

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