{"id":22174,"date":"2022-05-10T10:53:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T06:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&p=22174"},"modified":"2022-05-17T09:25:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T05:25:21","slug":"grazia-the-journey-editors-letter-middle","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/grazia-the-journey-editors-letter-middle\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor’s Letter: The Polemic Against Privilege"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I thought a lot about what to write for this issue of GRAZIA. I thought about what a \u2018journey\u2019 means to me, and how I could sum up mine in a word. Then I thought of other people\u2019s journeys, and how they look so different to mine. I asked myself, what exactly determines the journey life takes you on? Why does mine have its specific beginning, middle and inevitable end, whilst the chapters of someone else\u2019s take them down an entirely different path? If I were to sum up the answer, it would ultimately be: privilege.<\/p>\n

Yes, I\u2019ve worked hard to stay on the path I am currently on. But there\u2019s also no denying that my circumstances have helped me navigate this route to get to where I am, and still keep going.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet yourself out there and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days,\u201d was Kim Kardashian\u2019s advice for women in business, and the internet wasn\u2019t too happy with it (rightfully so). What makes the reality TV star\u2019s advice so unjustifiable is her privilege in comparison to others. The way I see it, is that there are ranks of privilege, and as fortunate as I may be, my circumstances are incomparable to those of a woman who had a celebrity lawyer as a father, Olympic medallist as a stepfather and Paris Hilton as a best friend. There are several things that determine your circumstances, and ultimately, your advantages. Where you were born is a major factor. Just as who your parents are \u2013 if you even have those figures in your life to begin with \u2013 contributes too.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t help but compare my own journey \u2013 and privilege \u2013 to that of a young girl who was born in a war zone, let\u2019s say. According to Maslow\u2019s hierarchy of needs, the most basic essentials a person must have, before they even consider any emotional requirements, is food, water, shelter and oxygen. How about those who have none, or barely any of these? Is it their fault that they can\u2019t just \u201cget themselves out there and work\u201d?<\/p>\n