Women's History Month

As others look forward to Christmas, birthdays, Mardi Gras or any other cause for celebration, I look with excitement towards Women's History Month. Each year, I scour the newspaper & internet to see what events I might attend, so I might gain inspiration from the works of other feminists and activists.

With the present war on women being waged in America, I feel it's all the more important that women bond together in a stance of solidarity. We can not afford to allow those in political positions to have profoundly negative effects upon our health, our livelihoods, our families and our rights to chose.

I am not a feminist who feels that marriage is counter-productive to gender equality, nor am I prone to "male bash." I am, however, impassioned in my want to further the advancements of women and will offer no apologies for my pursuit of this.

Our lack of voting & pursuits in activism, along with our submissive silence, has given those in power our permissive approval to rid our nation of equality. Apathy has given rise to a revival of legislation which stifles the rights of women and I wish to shake my sisters to wake them to the travesties we're facing.

Though I do often point out the wrong doings men who use their power to usurp the advancements of women, I think it is just as needed that we give accolades to our fellow woman. For that reason, I am starting this blog.

Far too often our words are harmful to our sisters when we should instead use any voice we might have to uplift one another. I have made a vow that I will speak no ill will of another woman, nor bring harm in any purposeful fashion to any female in the coming month.

I am not without faults and too have been guilty of harshly judging other women when I had no right to. I hope to transition this into a mental and oratory evolution that will inspire others to make the same vow.

So, if I were to be asked if I could have any super power, what might it be...my power would be to bridge the gap between other women and help to further my dreams of gender equality.