Absolutely. It is high time for women to stop looking at other women as enemies. Women who do that are nothing but attachments to the men in their lives - and voluntary second class citizens at that.
"Attachments"--I like that term. Reminds me of the people we know at boarding barns who have horses as accessories. They don't want to learn about them or how to ride, they just want people to know they "own" a horse.
But also, AB, it's time for women to go back to the feminist label. I've been one since age 10, when I remember seeing women with fake boobs paraded around in bikinis on the Bob Hope specials or on Johnny Carson. I thought, There's got to be more to life for us. Never looked back.
KKG, again, we are so very much alike. I've been fighting the feminist battle since about 14. although i never burnt my bra 😃. And I did pass the pencil test 🤣! Remember the old term we used for males "mcp?" It fits more than ever now.
And unfortunately, there are still way too many women, who measure their self-worth by the size of their boobs or the men they are attachments of.
It was actually something my dad said, that got me to thinking. I don't remember the circumstances , but my parents were talking and my dad said something about so many women not keeping up with what's going on around them and in the world. They need to read newspapers just like men do. And they need to be prepared to earn their own living, if something happened to their husbands. My God, that shows my true age, because it was still back in the days when a family could (and did!) live on one income.
No, I don't think losing your bra counts, but it sounds like a hell of a night!
Good for your Dad. My grandmother urged all her granddaughters to get as much education as they could- she was widowed at age 39 in 1929. My mom taught me to read from a newspaper because I kept hanging over her shoulder asking her to tell me what the words were. All the women in my family read newspapers and kept up with politics. All the men did, too. Family gatherings were lively with discussions, but nobody ever raised their voices. When I was in my teens, my father became ill, and my mom went to work, without a college degree. She created her own position at a major retailer of the time, and eventually became a manager. We lived on one income: hers. I love that my dad put "housewife" as his occupation on the income tax form! I had lots of great role models in my life.
Thanks for that look into your past. My dad had a cow when my mom wanted to return to nursing when we kids got old enough. They had quite the fight about it, but when the time came to retire, guess whose money bought them a house in the country? The dads didn't realize that women didn't have to be left alone to gain from a more plugged-in life. I do remember my mom's credit cards that read "Mrs." followed by Dad's name. We have to tell young women about these things. Even if it's just in the comments!
I agree… from sunny Australia, we wish the women of America the very best in your battle against misguided misogyny is really not serving men well…it is another trumpian device to set one group against another….men v women….a reflection of trump’s
hatred and contempt of women, apparently dating back to his absent, often hospitalised mother who was missing in his crucial earliest years….quote Mary Trump…niece and observer of the family dynamics….
Confess I thought "grab them by the pussy" should have been deal breaker. He had done plenty of deal breakers before them with "Build the Wall" and "Establish a Muslim registry" which I thought sounded like Hitler. (But even before 2016, it had dawned one me after a church sermon exhorting people to vote "pro-life", that if carried to its logical conclusion, that anti-abortion crowd would vote for a Hitler if he promised to outlaw abortion. And that's what happened.)
I'm surprised there has not been much more of a red flag over the provisions of the proposed SAVE Act, which would make it hard to millions of women to vote.
We are 51% of the population - we have the power to protect our rights. Now, more than ever, we need to exercise our power to protect our rights!
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. And "scorned" doesn't even begin to describe how The Old Lech, Herr Gropenfuhrer, treats and considers us. Grab him by the ballots!
At the age of 92 I'm still way ahead of so many in my age bracket. My late husband and I in 1956 wanted to move to California and live together. My mom had a fit!!! She told me "what will the neighbors say", so we got married and it lasted for 24 years until he died. I keep up with everything I can. My daughter is just like me. Way ahead of our time and so many so called mocho men!
It really feels good to read something so positive about what women are accomplishing. I hadn't heard of the festival, and couldn't have attended, but I am very glad it happened. I've been a long-time activist and change-maker, and the thing that makes me feel that time wasn't wasted is knowing that younger women are picking up the reins and carrying things forward. Hooray for us all!
My first march was for Roe v. Wade. In the late 1950s and 1960s I knew too many young women seeking illegal abortions and I swore we would never see that again. And here we are. We must remain activists.
When I watched the Lilith Fair documentary last year (find it on Hulu), I though we were RIPE for a new one for a new generation. And, behold, here we are! God bless Olivia Rodrigo for spearheading exactly that
"Ranking at 11 percent were democracy, government, and the rule of law together; sigh, we have some work to do." Perhaps the "we" lesson here is about what's between our own two ears. "[D]emocracy" is perhaps like happiness: Directly approach either and both prove ephemeral. People don't want to serve the needs of a theoretical construct. The non-11% are telling Democrats to directly address daily needs, like an economy that does not siphon money from the bottom 80% up to the top! Democracy, by indirect means, might thus be achieved.
I appreciate the coverage and the energy. Every woman should be an activist.
Absolutely. It is high time for women to stop looking at other women as enemies. Women who do that are nothing but attachments to the men in their lives - and voluntary second class citizens at that.
"Attachments"--I like that term. Reminds me of the people we know at boarding barns who have horses as accessories. They don't want to learn about them or how to ride, they just want people to know they "own" a horse.
But also, AB, it's time for women to go back to the feminist label. I've been one since age 10, when I remember seeing women with fake boobs paraded around in bikinis on the Bob Hope specials or on Johnny Carson. I thought, There's got to be more to life for us. Never looked back.
KKG, again, we are so very much alike. I've been fighting the feminist battle since about 14. although i never burnt my bra 😃. And I did pass the pencil test 🤣! Remember the old term we used for males "mcp?" It fits more than ever now.
And unfortunately, there are still way too many women, who measure their self-worth by the size of their boobs or the men they are attachments of.
Male chauvinist pigs, and now there's one in the WH. What was your feminist defining moment at age 14?
Well, I lost my bra once... Does that count? What a night!
It was actually something my dad said, that got me to thinking. I don't remember the circumstances , but my parents were talking and my dad said something about so many women not keeping up with what's going on around them and in the world. They need to read newspapers just like men do. And they need to be prepared to earn their own living, if something happened to their husbands. My God, that shows my true age, because it was still back in the days when a family could (and did!) live on one income.
No, I don't think losing your bra counts, but it sounds like a hell of a night!
Good for your Dad. My grandmother urged all her granddaughters to get as much education as they could- she was widowed at age 39 in 1929. My mom taught me to read from a newspaper because I kept hanging over her shoulder asking her to tell me what the words were. All the women in my family read newspapers and kept up with politics. All the men did, too. Family gatherings were lively with discussions, but nobody ever raised their voices. When I was in my teens, my father became ill, and my mom went to work, without a college degree. She created her own position at a major retailer of the time, and eventually became a manager. We lived on one income: hers. I love that my dad put "housewife" as his occupation on the income tax form! I had lots of great role models in my life.
Thanks for that look into your past. My dad had a cow when my mom wanted to return to nursing when we kids got old enough. They had quite the fight about it, but when the time came to retire, guess whose money bought them a house in the country? The dads didn't realize that women didn't have to be left alone to gain from a more plugged-in life. I do remember my mom's credit cards that read "Mrs." followed by Dad's name. We have to tell young women about these things. Even if it's just in the comments!
I agree… from sunny Australia, we wish the women of America the very best in your battle against misguided misogyny is really not serving men well…it is another trumpian device to set one group against another….men v women….a reflection of trump’s
hatred and contempt of women, apparently dating back to his absent, often hospitalised mother who was missing in his crucial earliest years….quote Mary Trump…niece and observer of the family dynamics….
Onward!
"Women Are Turning on Trump"
How any woman supported him to begin with remains a mystery to me.
I was pretty sure that when Trump made the "Grab 'em by the...(well, you know) comment in 2016 that no woman would ever vote for or support him. Boy, was I wrong. https://19thnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-621650866.jpg?resize=1366,910
Confess I thought "grab them by the pussy" should have been deal breaker. He had done plenty of deal breakers before them with "Build the Wall" and "Establish a Muslim registry" which I thought sounded like Hitler. (But even before 2016, it had dawned one me after a church sermon exhorting people to vote "pro-life", that if carried to its logical conclusion, that anti-abortion crowd would vote for a Hitler if he promised to outlaw abortion. And that's what happened.)
Everything he stands for we’re all against! It’s time to stand up and start rebelling against the misogynists.
Women SHOULD turn on Trump, given how he treats women and wants them to be totally subservient. Any woman supporting Trump is downright nuts.
I'm surprised there has not been much more of a red flag over the provisions of the proposed SAVE Act, which would make it hard to millions of women to vote.
We are 51% of the population - we have the power to protect our rights. Now, more than ever, we need to exercise our power to protect our rights!
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. And "scorned" doesn't even begin to describe how The Old Lech, Herr Gropenfuhrer, treats and considers us. Grab him by the ballots!
We need more women in politics, this from as 81 year old man.
At the age of 92 I'm still way ahead of so many in my age bracket. My late husband and I in 1956 wanted to move to California and live together. My mom had a fit!!! She told me "what will the neighbors say", so we got married and it lasted for 24 years until he died. I keep up with everything I can. My daughter is just like me. Way ahead of our time and so many so called mocho men!
It really feels good to read something so positive about what women are accomplishing. I hadn't heard of the festival, and couldn't have attended, but I am very glad it happened. I've been a long-time activist and change-maker, and the thing that makes me feel that time wasn't wasted is knowing that younger women are picking up the reins and carrying things forward. Hooray for us all!
My first march was for Roe v. Wade. In the late 1950s and 1960s I knew too many young women seeking illegal abortions and I swore we would never see that again. And here we are. We must remain activists.
When I watched the Lilith Fair documentary last year (find it on Hulu), I though we were RIPE for a new one for a new generation. And, behold, here we are! God bless Olivia Rodrigo for spearheading exactly that
"Ranking at 11 percent were democracy, government, and the rule of law together; sigh, we have some work to do." Perhaps the "we" lesson here is about what's between our own two ears. "[D]emocracy" is perhaps like happiness: Directly approach either and both prove ephemeral. People don't want to serve the needs of a theoretical construct. The non-11% are telling Democrats to directly address daily needs, like an economy that does not siphon money from the bottom 80% up to the top! Democracy, by indirect means, might thus be achieved.
Too bad one can't leave a comment on Meredith Blake's terrific ode to Canada. Great job, Meredith!