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living across the world, working in fields dominated by men, looking to challenge the notion that we are frail, weak, and unable. When we looked around, we saw each of us working to change the world by uplifting those around us and in our communities. We didn’t feel weak at all. We knew that we had to build a space where other people could experience this. We found our friendship and support for each other, to be something that held us down and made us amazing. Each of the four founders is different; we’re people of color and white women, over-educated and under-educated, from across the United States. We’ve embraced the beauty of our differences as the driving force of what makes Frailty Myths so beautiful.
Frailty Myths was founded in October, 2016 in Oakland, California by a group of four diverse people committed to one transformative idea: to offer women, trans, and gender non-conforming people in marginalized communities’ confidence building skills in traditionally male-dominated activities as a means of rising up out of the oppressive myths of “female fragility.”
Frailty Myths is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit, based in Oakland, California. Our fundamental goal is to empower and transform women, trans, and gender nonconforming people in marginalized communities using hands-on, experiential learning in skills traditionally dominated by men, like woodworking, sailing, and climbing.
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Advisory Council
Frailty Myths is honored to have an incredible group of people sit on the advisory council. Check them out here.

Georgia Faye Hirsty

Erinn Carter

Susan Goodwillie

Malachi Robinson

Who We Serve
% identify as POC
% identify as LGBT
% Make less than $30k
Frailty Myths Philosophy
Read more about who we are and the analysis that informs our work. You’ll also find more information on the Frailty Myths Pedagogy