Fat-shaming

A friend of mine, who is usually so caring and open-minded, but hates Donald Trump, posted a picture of a very fat woman wearing a “Trump 2020” bikini in a comment on my Facebook page. I was hurt, angry, and frustrated. We are in the middle of BLM and Gay Pride Month, but fat-shaming is

Questions from Quora: Sterilize

How come people who don’t want children don’t get sterilized? Yes it’s their bodies and it’s up to them but why run the risk of getting pregnant if you “don’t want children”. I wonder if they’d feel the same if they couldn’t have children at all. That’s a great theory until you examine the facts.

“Obesity Crisis”?????

Repost from July 8, 2008, with a few revisions and additions. I hate the word obesity, to begin with, but who in their infinite wisdom has decided that fat people are in a crisis? Is it because they feel this is one group they can use guilt and fear as a means to control? After

What Women Hear

I couldn’t resist re-posting this. I’ve heard all of these my entire life. I hope that my granddaughters don’t have to. “Be a lady they said. Your skirt is too short. Your shirt is too low. Your pants are too tight. Don’t show so much skin. Don’t show your thighs. Don’t show your breasts. Don’t

Black Friday

I don’t know if this will do any good, but if you are like me, you feel angry, frustrated, and helpless. I am unable to march, but I’ve written letters and emails, signed petitions, donated money. I know it’s not enough. The Republicans, Christians, and Supreme Court have opened a nasty can of worms that

Book Review: The Last Girl

In April of 2016, I started reading “The Last Girl” by Joe Hart https://amzn.to/31j4dUU . In September of that year, I read the sequel, “The Final Trade”  https://amzn.to/2RMTnU5. I knew there would be a bit of a wait for the third installment and just now discovered it was out, “The First City” https://amzn.to/2RGON9A, which I just downloaded to my

Abortion Memes

These illustrate how I am feeling.

The Fallout from Roe vs Wade

I’ve spent the past two days reading and watching about what the so-called Supreme Court did based on the desires of just 25% of the country. But when it comes down to it, it’s actually based on their own personal wants and beliefs. So this is my own rant about it. I’m pissed. I’m hurt.

Politics

I posted this in 2012 and I’m reposting it now, ten years later, with a few edits. This was when Obama was re-elected. It’s just as relevant now as it was then. Ron” is a prime example of why the people who need to read this won’t. He is proof that they still don’t get

Abortion Memes

I just read a blog post that said women were created to make babies and that all women should honor that creation; doesn’t matter whether you want to have a baby or not, whether you want children at all. I don’t think women were created for having babies any more than men were. We all