NO to “no”

To all who have encountered NO:
No you can’t.
No you shouldn’t.
No you aren’t.
No I don’t hear you.
No I don’t believe you.
No I don’t believe in you.
No you don’t belong.
No you weren’t chosen.
No you didn’t win.
No I won’t hire you.
No I won’t fund your project.
No I won’t publish your work.

To all who have been told they are too...
old
young
poor
uneducated
overeducated
loud
timid
sensitive
stoic
moody
weird
“damaged”
(fat, skinny, blah blah)

Not to put too fine a point on it, but FUCK ALL THAT.

We can.
We should.
And we are.

Right now.