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Women and exercising our right to choose!


So, here we are in the 21st Century, Women have a constitutional right to have an abortion yet secret and not so secret bills are being passed as if they(republicans) know what is best for all Women, just think about that and ask yourself … why is a healthcare panel made up of men considering women’s health who keep making strange comments about our lady parts while throwing ALL Women into one basket then under a bus ? trump says women should have some sort of punishment for exercising their rights while conservative lawmakers governors and mayors continue to puke on the Constitution by passing lawless bills.  Who woulda thunk, that places like Alabama don’t seem to understand that they have just waged War against Women in a big huge way; hopefully, this will get a swift and damaging response at the ballot box ~ special elections and election2020. Which will need to be guarded like it has never been before btw.

The fact is Women lead very different lives, make individual decisions every minute of the day ~just like men … an abortion, like any other procedure is just one of several health care issues Women may have to encounter. The best solutions: Birth Control in all its forms as well as safe affordable legal constitutional right to an abortion. I find it beyond offensive to hear Republicans infer that an abortion is chosen carelessly and for those who seem to think birth control in all its forms is a federal or states right issue actually use it as a Republican political football. The fact is that Republicans with Women in their lives forget that their position pushes up against 98% of those who use birth control and they need to stop forcing their “family values” on women, focus on Jobs, Immigration, ending any idea of income inequality and Climate Change among just a few issues at the moment. I say, honestly, it doesn’t look at all possible for republicans to come to their senses, so vote for the Democratic Party that supports upward mobility as well as the middle lower classes and the poor = equality for all…

Call on your favourite republicans and ask why they assume Women are ill-equipped, silly, naïve or would put up with abortion bans without a fight ? least we talk about how hard a decision like an abortion is: It is NOT easy or done willy nilly! and while they seem to forget it conveniently …women DID use coat hangers, went to folks who were NOT in the medical field but took their money, performed abortions and some women, this ended up being a fatal choice

It is hard for me to believe pro-lifers do not understand that every part of a woman’s health is subject to being penalized these days and that includes reproductive health care, which includes a wide range of health care issues. It is bad enough that lawmakers actually would subject women to demeaning practices like undergo a transvaginal scope; make them wait 72hrs, but to make doctors liable for jail time too. I have to say that among other ridiculous laws that need a vote keepabortionlegalin Congress, The Hyde Amendment or rider, requires a vote every year … the Hyde Amendment is a legislative provision barring the use of certain federal funds to pay for abortions with exceptions for incest and rape.[1] It is not a permanent law, rather it is a “rider” that, in various forms, has been routinely attached to annual appropriations bills since 1976. The Hyde Amendment applies only to funds allocated by the annual appropriations bill for the Department of Health and Human Services. It primarily affects Medicaid. wiki

I also admit that it pisses me off that the latest group of people in congress are still getting away with saying one thing in front of a camera yet voting another way on the floor of congress, which includes spewing and or forcing their  “family values” platform/ideology on what I thought were free Americans. What year is it again?  The Republican Tea Party is now considered the trump Nationalist party, who truly wants to by way of religious ideology control women, their bodies and or change laws for the sake of that “family values” platform or whatever they claim it is now, and it definitely looks like the epitome of big government and an invasion of privacy one state at a time.

In this era of trump, I cannot be the only one tired of the “Do as we say Not as we do behavior.”  If you want to become President of the US of A give Americans full disclosure. Women need to know if you support unnecessary procedures like a transvaginal scope … Yet; the same people accuse President Obama of withholding information from the public or not being an American get offended when asked to provide personal information. We are their constituents; we all deserve to know how these people will vote on issues of religion, race, gender, and or abortion. The beliefs of members of Congress dictate to how the vote will affect our constitutional rights. If you were listening,  conservative politicians, some conservadems have been ramping up of vitriolic “family values” not just now but for years and their rhetoric is also pushing the discussion of women’s rights, religion, race and gender preference up to the surface to rile their base. In some cases, violence threats and death have resulted.  Now,  folks are seeing that Republican Governors Mayors and state reps have had a plan to take the rhetoric a step further by passing anti-abortion legislation all over the country in fact as stated by NWLC – “Ninety-two. That’s the number of anti-abortion measures passed into law across the U.S. in 2011. In addition, in case you are wondering, yes, that is a record — in fact; it is over 2.5 times the previous record. “

Bad enough that Women must continue to fight for our rights like equal pay,daycare, medical leave let alone safe affordable access to reproductive health care in the year 2019. This move, mostly by men is even more insane since there are more female members of Congress now with approximately 101, and yes,  the conservative members who say they are fiscally conservative, want less government in their (our) lives are now leading the way to stricter abortions laws as well as trying to end Roe V Wade. I don’t get this archaic attitude but guaranteed the fight for the right to choose is definitely on while topics like abortion, stem cell research/experiments and religious freedom get them flustered, put their undies in a bunch about funding. I could not vote for a woman who puts religion over personal family decisions, choice& maturity to have a “right to choose” no matter what side of the political aisle they sit.   The fact is, women who choose to have an abortion, do so with great trepidation not because they are heartless but based on options given by qualified medical teams or if the fetus is not viable or at risk or both mom and fetus are at risk. FYI! the decision is discussed with a counselor and a doctor before any procedure happens. Yes, from personal experience.

The choice to have an abortion is not an easy one but it seems more than just an American duty to offer a safe place, an affordable procedure  than having  women desperate enough to take actions that could put their lives at risk like they did prior to roe V wade . The idea that any member of Congress would want to control a woman’s body is ludicrous at best and again, the epitome of BIG Government; they should accept The Hyde – Amendment as the law and stay out of our 21st Century lives. The conservative ideology, clearly barbaric; spews old school dogma and not only crosses the line, it has solidified a need, a call for an unprecedented effort for a grassroots movement to keep our Democracy safe.

If you live under a republican controlled State and need or know someone in need of safe affordable healthcare with limited funds, your life has got to be beyond difficult. Now, imagine the impact that repealing, replacing and eliminating access would have on ALL our families, friend’s or co-workers.  The idea that some republicans want to go back to a time when women and people of colour had no rights; seen but not heard and yes it sounds silly, but before you laugh, take some time and listen to congressional members led by republicans and those running for office closely.

Just when I thought we were all moving into the 21st century … sigh

Nativegrl77

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on this day 3/18 1992 – White South Africans voted for constitutional reforms that would give legal equality to blacks.


0037 – The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’ will and proclaims Caligula emperor.

1123 – The first Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opened in Rome.

1190 – Crusaders killed 57 Jews in Bury St. Edmonds England.

1532 – The English parliament banned payments by English church to Rome.

1541 – Hernando de Soto observed the first recorded flood of the Mississippi River.

1583 – Dutch States General & Anjou signed a treaty.

1673 – Lord Berkley sold his half of New Jersey to the Quakers.

1692 – William Penn was deprived of his governing powers.

1766 – Britain repealed the Stamp Act.

1813 – David Melville patented the gas streetlight.

1818 – The U.S. Congress approved the first pensions for government service.

1834 – The first railroad tunnel in the U.S. was completed. The work was in Pennsylvania.

1835 – Charles Darwin left Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass.

1850 – Henry Wells & William Fargo founded American Express.

1865 – The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourned for the last time.

1874 – Hawaii signed a treaty giving exclusive trading rights with the islands to the U.S.

1881 – Barnum and Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth opened in Madison Square Gardens.

1891 – Britain became linked to the continent of Europe by telephone.

1899 – Phoebe, a moon of the planet Saturn, was discovered.

1900 – Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club) was formed.

1902 – In Turkey, the Sultan granted a German syndicate the first concession to access Baghdad by rail.

1903 – France dissolved the Catholic religious orders.

1906 – In Morocco, it was reported that France and Germany were in a deadlock at the Algeciras Conference.

1909 – Einar Dessau of Denmark used a short wave transmitter to become the first person to broadcast as a “ham” operator.

1910 – The first opera by a U.S. composer performed at the Met in New York City.

1911 – Theodore Roosevelt opened the Roosevelt Dam in Arizona. It was the largest dam in the U.S. at the time.

1911 – North Dakota enacted a hail insurance law.

1913 – Greek King George I was killed by an assassin. Constantine I succeeded him.

1916 – Russia countered the Verdun assault with an attack at Lake Naroch. The Russians lost 100,000 men and the Germans lost 20,000.

1917 – The Germans sank the U.S. ships, City of Memphis, Vigilante and the Illinois, without any warning.

1919 – The Order of DeMolay was established in Kansas City.

1920 – Greece adopted the Gregorian calendar.

1921 – Poland was enlarged with the second Peace of Riga.

1921 – The steamer “Hong Koh” ran aground off of Swatow China. Over 1,000 people were killed.

1922 – Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience in India. He served only 2 years of the sentence.

1922 – Princeton and Yale played the first intercollegiate indoor polo championship.

1931 – Schick Inc. displayed the first electric shaver.

1937 – More than 400 people, mostly children, were killed in a gas explosion at a school in New London, TX.

1938 – Mexico took control of all foreign-owned oil properties on its soil.

1938 – New York first required serological blood tests of pregnant women.

1940 – The soap opera “Light of the World” was first heard on NBC radio.

1940 – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Pass. The Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany’s war against France and Britain during the meeting.

1942 – The third military draft began in the U.S. because of World War II.

1943 – The Reich called off its offensive in Caucasus.

1943 – American forces took Gafsa in Tunisia.

1944 – The Russians reached the Rumanian border in the Balkans during World War II.

1945 – 1,250 U.S. bombers attacked Berlin.

1945 – Maurice “Rocket” Richard became the first National Hockey League (NHL) player to score 50 goals.

1948 – France, Great Britain, and Benelux signed the Treaty of Brussels.

1949 – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was ratified.

1950 – Nationalist troops landed on the mainland of China and capture Communist held Sungmen.

1952 – In Philadelphia, PA, the first plastic lenses were fitted for a cataract patient.

1953 – An earthquake hit West Turkey killing 250 people.

1954 – RKO Pictures was sold for $23,489,478. It became the first motion picture studio to be owned by an individual. The person was Howard Hughes.

1959 – U.S. President Eisenhower signed the Hawaii statehood bill.

1962 – French and Algerian rebels agreed to a truce.

1963 – “Tovarich” opened at the Broadway Theater in New York City for 264 performances.

1963 – France performed an underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria.

1963 – The U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Miranda decision concerning legal council for defendants.

1965 – Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first man to spacewalk when he left the Voskhod II space capsule while in orbit around the Earth. He was outside the spacecraft for about 20 minutes.

1966 – The government of Indonesia was formed by General Suharto.

1966 – Scott Paper began selling paper dresses for $1.

1968 – The U.S. Congress repealed the requirement for a gold reserve.

1969 – U.S. President Nixon authorizes Operation Menue. It was the ‘secret’ bombing of Cambodia.

1970 – The U.S. Postal Service experienced the first postal strike.

1970 – The NFL selected Wilson to be the official football and scoreboard as official time.

1971 – U.S. helicopters airlifted 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers out of Laos.

1971 – A landslide in Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru, killed 200.

1974 – Most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their five-month embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.

1975 – Saigon abandoned most of the Central Highlands of Vietnam to Hanoi.

1975 – The Kurds ended their fight against Iraq.

1977 – Vietnam turned over an MIA to a U.S. delegation.

1979 – Iranian authorities detained American feminist Kate Millett. The next day she was deported.

1980 – The Vostok rocket exploded on the launch pad killing 50.

1981 – The U.S. disclosed that there were biological weapons tested in Texas in 1966.

1986 – Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Prince Andrew to Sarah Ferguson.

1986 – The U.S. Treasury Department announced that a clear, polyester thread was to be woven into bills in an effort to thwart counterfeiters.

1987 – The U.S. performed nuclear tests at a Nevada test site.

1990 – Thirteen paintings were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The value was $100 million making it the largest art robbery in history.

1989 – A 4,400-year-old mummy was discovered at the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt.

1990 – The first free elections took place in East Germany.

1990 – The 32-day lockout of baseball players ended.

1990 – In Tampa, FL, a little league player was killed after being hit with a pitch.

1992 – Leona Hemsly was sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax evasion.

1992 – White South Africans voted for constitutional reforms that would give legal equality to blacks.

1994 – Zsa Zsa Gabor filed for bankruptcy.

1997 – A Russian AN-24 crashed killing 50 people.

2003 – China’s new president, Hu Jintao, announced that his country must deepen reforms and raise living standards of workers and farmers.

~ my 2cents ...

Feminism …

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Feminism
by The Thinker-Writer, January 31, 2010
 The belief that women are and should be treated as potential intellectual equals and social equals to men. These people can be male or female human beings, although the ideology is commonly (and perhaps falsely) associated mainly with women. The basic idea of Feminism revolves around the principle that just because human bodies are designed to perform certain procreative functions, biological elements need not dictate intellectual and social functions, capabilities, and rights. Feminism also, by its nature, embraces the belief that all people are entitled to freedom and liberty within reason–including equal civil rights–and that discrimination should not be made based on gender, sexual orientation, skin color, ethnicity, religion, culture, or lifestyle. Feminists–and all persons interested in civil equality and intellectuality–are dedicated to fighting the ignorance that says people are controlled by and limited to their biology.
Feminism is the belief that people are entitled to the same civil rights and liberties and can be intellectual equals regardless of gender. However, you should still hold the door for a feminist; this is known as respect or politeness and need have nothing whatever to do with gender discrimination.
By The Thinker-Writer, January 31, 2010
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So, why did I go to the urban dictionary for a definition of Feminism?

I saw the article above and thought, nah, that wasn’t what I was taught as a young child…

Then

beaseedforchangestickersGREENI got my Cosmo in the mail and while the fashions are fun, some gaudy, others worthy of a second look or two, but most are out of my price and age range, but when I see hair and beauty products, well now, that is a whole different response entirely. As I was thumbing through one of many magazines, which is another bad habit, an article about feminism popped up and yes folks are questioning Beyoncé among others with headlines such as, “can you be Sexy and a Feminist? ” or as Cosmo asks,

“Can you be a Sexy Feminist? It was a quick read and in all honesty, I don’t spend a lot of my time dissecting labels, but I will say that being a feminist used to be defined as a woman who didn’t appreciate men, some said, they despised them.  Honestly, there was a time when Women were advised not to question the gender roles of men & women, and when that barrier fell, women realized it was time to demand equal access to education. While so-called hardcore feminists suggested being a companion, forget about being happily married, lest we acquiesce simply because we are women. I don’t subscribe to hating on men, I like men on several levels, that includes my dad, my kid’s father, my son, a couple of teachers, and a couple of bosses who happened to be male.

As a side note on a political level, current Republican men are the bane of our (women) existence in my opinion.

  So, getting back to Feminism, when it comes to being an active participant in what seemingly is the opposite side of equality and justice for everyone.  I have to admit, I have danced to fabulous music that had one or more negatives like sexual assault, and misogynistic and chauvinistic words. It’s definitely not something I ever used to think about while dancing, and as an adult, I found it upsetting when what was being said became clear; generally, this kind of talk would get a whole different response if these words were being exchanged through a conversation at work, a bar or one on one. In this 21st Century, we hear more Women with edgy lyrics and to find out that a story or two based on reality inadvertently comes to light … so, the choice to listen and buy is up to you.

   However, it does appear that the word feminism or being a feminist in this 21st century society is ever-changing and ever-evolving to bring about a belief in equality and the rights for everyone in all its forms and genders. I see the urban dictionary as a place run not only by a younger group of folks, but who use it, research it, and discuss the “stuff” they post. I admit to not referring to the urban dictionary that much, but I found the post in the process of searching out what younger folks felt about the comments on who is or can be a feminist, it caught my eye.  As you read on, Cosmo asked stars like Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, and Taylor Swift just to name a few, but when Pharrell was asked he stated, “I don’t think it’s possible for me to be (a feminist). I’m a man, but I do support feminists.”

Anyway, an article worth reading in Cosmo in September 2014

~~ Nativegrl77

What do you think?

Is being a feminist gender-specific?

The answer is yes, in the 1800s, as the root of feminism they used to define women, was fem, being that of the female feminine persuasion, so Pharrell among others probably used the definitions as their guide … though in this 21st Century like and while we are coming out of the nightmare that was the era of trump … The dictionary defines a Feminist as a person who believes in Equal Rights for Women. We need more 21st Century thoughts and people action.