Thoro Gem Thurday: Courtney Melski

“I want everyone to feel comfortable enough to be a woman in this scary world where everyone is against us.”– Courtney Melski



TGT IS BACK!! YAAAYYYY! And this week's Thoro Gem feature is Courtney Melski who was inspired to ignite change earlier this year when congress started to approve an abortion bans throughout the US.  Not only did she voice her option against the ban on her social media platforms but she decided to make a bigger statement by creating a line of t-shirts with inspirational quotes and images to encourage both women and men to stand up for women rights.

The sad thing is that basic human rights for women are still on the table of discussion as if our bodies were on display at buffet and people can pick and choose what they desire. The beautiful thing is that young ladies like Courtney can speak up for this type of injustice, be heard, seen and taken seriously so when I asked Courtney what about this ban triggered her in such a way to begin her line, she said:

“As women from any background, religion, etc. we all have one very thing in common. We are the only ones that have the power and the strength to conceive children. Whether we can bear them or not we are the only ones that have that ability. I don’t see why 25 men were able to determine what we can do with our bodies. Hence the shirt “My Pussy My Opinion”. How many of those men have been pregnant? Zero. How many of them have been stripped of their bodies by women? Zero. How many of those men have been pregnant due to a rape? Zero. But those are the ones that are telling us what we can and cannot do with our bodies. The female body is such magic, from head to toe with different colors, shapes, etc. We are literally like a home, not only for the children we carry but the people around us. Women are comforting and this ban is making life 10x harder. These men aren’t just stripping us from our bodies, they’re stripping us from our voices, our power, and our lives. My reproduction is my body and my body is always going to be mine. We women need be united and we can’t let anyone burn out the fire that we have igniting in us.”

Courtney, for being fearless and in the face of adversity , you're truly a thoro gem!

Courtney's t-shirts can be purchased via her instagram @cmelskii