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In Honor of Women's History Month20:55 Mar 09 2015
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Because women’s work is never done and is underpaid or unpaid, or boring or repetitious
And we’re the first to get fired, and what we look like is more important than what we do
And if we get raped it’s our fault, and if we get beaten we must have provoked it
And if we raise our voices we’re nagging bitches
And if we enjoy sex we’re nymphos, and if we don’t we’re frigid
And if we love women it’s because we can’t get a “real” man
And if we ask our doctor too many questions we’re neurotic and/or pushy
And if we expect community care for children we’re selfish
And if we stand up for our rights we’re aggressive and “unfeminine”, and if we don’t we’re typical weak females
And if we want to get married we’re out to trap a man, and if we don’t we’re unnatural
And because we still can’t get an adequate safe contraceptive, but men can walk on the moon
And if we can’t cope or don’t want a pregnancy we’re made to feel guilty about abortion
And for lots and lots of other reasons we are part of the women’s liberation movement.
- Joyce Stevens (Because We're Women)
“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”
- Gloria Steinem
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
- Gloria Steinem
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
I say,
It’s in the reach of my arms,
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It’s the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can’t touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them,
They say they still can’t see.
I say,
It’s in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
Now you understand
Just why my head’s not bowed.
I don’t shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing,
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It’s in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
The palm of my hand,
The need for my care.
’Cause I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
- Maya Angelou (Phenomenal Woman)
“We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.”
- Gloria Steinem
“Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.”
- Gloria Steinem
“The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.”
- Gloria Steinem
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.
- Mother Teresa (Do It Anyway)
(Originally by Kent Keith)
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