Since the 1980s, March has doubled as Women's History Month (aka HERstory month, for those who enjoy word-fiddling). I'll preface: I am so glad that time can be allotted to acknowledging women's contributions to civilization and the world in which we all live today. The reality, however bitter, is that I have a hard time stomaching awareness "months" or even days at all.

By setting aside "time" to acknowledge women's history or any other underrepresented group's history or contemporary, we are accepting and perpetuating their underrepresentation. Also, such means of highlighting through history is very isolating when the reality is more often than not, overlap is occurring: these "groups" aren't mutually exclusive and shouldn't be treated as such. Here's a thought: why not instead work to improve the way we teach history so it's overall more intersectional and capturing different perspectives? Furthermore, why are we even letting "history class" maintain its white-male-centricity? It's 2016, and Tumblr shouldn't still have to be my No. 1 go-to for real talk.

Having a few weeks a year is unacceptable. I don't want one month of women or one month of blacks, I demand a year of everyone. Just because white men were the ones who freely waltzed through the public sphere for a few hundred years in the Western world and had their words framed more does not mean they are, or should be considered, the primary influence in the way our civilization has come to be. I don't care which five guys signed some piece of paper 300 years ago. Please, I would like more context. People of all sorts are "what makes the world go round," so let's not forget to add their perspectives for a more global and less skewed understanding.

All matters aside, shout out to Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell for being the OG female doctor: way to get the ball rolling, girl.