" There ’s something really intentional about a endowment registry , allow hoi polloi to say others what they specifically need / desire is really meaningful . If I never were to get matrimonial or have kid , does that mean I never get to need for a really overnice looking glass Tupperware fix ? ! Ridiculous . "
Danielle Greene is 33 years old and just graduated from Stanford University with a PhD in education after five and a half years of study. Her program is called Race, Inequality, and Language in Education. We love it! Congrats Danielle!
Danielle also recently went viral on Twitter forsharingthat her best friend and college roommate created a gift registry on her behalf to celebrate this momentous occasion. Why? Because “we shouldn’t only reward women for marriage and babies.”
My freshman roomy and bestie made a gift register to congratulate me for graduating with my Ph.D. , because “ we should n’t only reward women for marriage and babies ” and shell out it to everyone who RSVPd to my United States Department of Defense . Y’all … I … 🥹
YES. I must say, upon reading Danielle’s tweet, my mind immediately went to theSex and the Cityepisode “A Woman’s Right to Shoes,” where Carrie points out that aside from getting married and having children, there really isn’t any other time when adult women are celebrated. And you know what? It’s so true!
Danielle’s tweet has been viewed over 4 million times, and tons of people commented to congratulate her on such a huge accomplishment and praise the gift registry for how wholesome and important it is.
wedding end , but Ph . D.s are forever . Feel like this should become an prescribed tradition .
YESSSSS ❤ ️ 🔥 😭 congrats ! ! I ’m biased , but that PhD registry is about to be waaaaay more fun
As someone who agonizes and prides herself on her giving giving abilities , I love this . People who love you are quick to celebrate you and you just made it easier to do just that . 😍
give thanks you for sharing this ! I have a friend who ’s ready to graduate with her master ’s degree at the end of the yr , and this could be an awe-inspiring melodic theme for her !
BuzzFeed reached out to Danielle, who explained that she and her friend, Elizabeth, have known each other since their first day of college in 2008. “She’s always been an incredibly sweet person, so while I was surprised when she teamed up with another friend and my fiancé and asked me to make a list of things I wanted, I wasn’t completely taken off guard, because that’s just the type of amazing person she is!”
Danielle told BuzzFeed that she tweeted about the registry “without much forethought” and didn’t expect so many people to read it, but she was “really taken aback” when it went viral. “I loved seeing people asking others to do the same for them, because we should be celebrated.”
She also supports Elizabeth’s sentiment behind the registry. “I definitely agree that we should be awarded beyond marriage and babies! There’s something really intentional about a gift registry, allowing people to tell others what they specifically need/desire is really meaningful. If I never were to get married or have children, does that mean I never get to ask for a really nice glass Tupperware set?! Ridiculous lol.”
She continued , " To be just , I ’m not sure of a clip where Isle of Man and nonbinary people receive talent registries beyond marriage and babies . However , there is something that is key to Liz ’s comment — women are await to have their lives go around around babies and children , above all else . Her program line is more of a rejection of that thought rather than a declaration that men get gift register for things other than matrimony and babies . "
When asked what she thinks needs to change in order for women to be celebrated as more than wives and mothers, Danielle responded that there needs to be a “lowered expectation that women need to strive for domestic accomplishments, in isolation or at all. Let people be people first, not who or what they are in relation to other people. By celebrating each other, we can push past that notion.”
Danielle told BuzzFeed that she’s received plenty of gifts from her registry (as she should!!!) and is truly grateful. “I’m a book nerd and a fragrance girlie, so I’m most excited about my gift cards to Thrift Books and a Jo Malone perfume that was too expensive for me to splurge on while I was in graduate school.”
In closing, Danielle said, “Celebrate everything! Big things and the little things. It’s not self-indulgent to lean into acknowledging your hard work, and if it is, who cares?”
I agree! Congratulations again to Danielle for completing her PhD, and shoutout to Elizabeth for celebrating her in such a positive way. To see more of Danielle’s content, you can follow her onTwitter.
