Lots of topics do well on Medium, not just personal essays.

I write personal stuff because that’s what I know best. I also want to help other people with my experiences. If you don’t enjoy those things that’s okay, but it seems really mean that you are resentful of people doing well in a topic you’re not interested in.

Medium has given me a voice. It’s really helped my confidence. I think a lot of other people who write personal stuff would say the same.

Also it’s not just women who write these things. I enjoy personal essays and I follow a lot of men who write them.

I’m not really into tech, start ups etc (not because I’m a woman) but I’m not upset if they do better than what I’m interested in. I find those articles do way better than anything I write. And that’s ok. If that’s what people like reading then that’s what they like reading.