Yara Shahidi on what it really means to be a young woman in 2019

Our ninth guest editor, the actor, activist and student Yara Shahidi, is steering the conversation on what it means to be a young woman striving to create a brighter future in 2019.photo shoot straight from a day of studying at university comes in at a perfect zero. But Yara Shahidi does things differently.

This year has globally felt like such a paradox, it’s not just that one thing is happening, I feel like everything that could possibly happen in the world is happening right now. And those range from really beautiful moments of global community to moments of acknowledging that there are still people living under the fear of genocide. There’s still climate disaster. It’s hard sometimes to feel optimistic but that’s where I’m really grateful for how global and accessible the world feels right now.

My year of no really stems from [the fact] I’m fortunate to have a team around me, both familial and professionally, that protect me and advocate for me. My year of no was a reminder to advocate for myself equally as strongly, and feeling OK about being particular and insisting that something should change. When I’m thinking about movements, a lot of them stem from saying no, but it’s about making your no an action.

I’ve always had many things happening in my life, and that’s how I prefer it. I have always talked about the importance of school. I think part of that has been because I’ve always had education on my terms. I was in spaces that stoked my natural interest. Even the shows I watched were supplements for what I was learning or interested in. Because of that, I’ve had a very different relationship with education – it’s always felt like a relationship with reciprocity.

YaraShahidi Such a phenomenal young woman😍

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