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Feminism …

10/09/2026 Nativegrl77 4 Comments

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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

I 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.

~ my 2cents ...

The answer is not in black or white

09/08/2026 Nativegrl77

Just another rant … ongoing

In politics, Labor Day is traditionally marked as the start of election season. That means September 7, is the first working day of the fall campaign. The urgency for change and the fight for a better Union continues! All it takes for the Democratic Party is to take your civic duty seriously and drop your ballot into your State and community drop-off ballot box

The fights against discrimination in all its forms break out all over the U.S.; Americans have to wonder why voters are drinking the Republican fear-mongering kook aid instead of putting “We the People” ahead of Lobbying groups that arm their current or next elections with $$$, and the folks coming out ahead are the 1%, NOT the rural guy or middle-class worker. In a place that has always welcomed and/or cared for the poor, single moms with kids, respected the Constitution, specifically the 14th Amendment, immigration, women’s, senior citizens’, and workers’ rights when the need is clear, with votes on the Floor of Congress in the House against most, if not all of the above.

Instead, the Republican Tea Party came to power in 2013 with ugly Colonial ways and ideologies on issues like Race, religion, and the rights of its people. The GOP of 2013 said they spoke for the people, yet decided to ignore the polls unless it was against the Obama admin and all democratic elections. They trashed $24billion of the people’s money with a shutdown, a tantrum that probably will hurt Americans in the long term. If you can, imagine what $24 billion could have done for your fellow American, then remember Ted Cruz reading Green Eggs and Ham as if $24 billion meant nothing. I used to think all we had to worry about was what side of the political aisle these righties stood on and how many actually needed to be voted out of Congress. Now, it is all about states’ rights and what social program the government will cut, slash, or burn while pitting the upper and middle class against the working class, then eliminating those in need as well. I would love MSM to ask all or most republicans about being on Social Security! Is it a right, a privilege, or something else that makes it ok for them, while others needing social services are considered lazy and need to get a job while they get Tariff Refunds? They don’t know the individual situations and circumstances of folks of colour, let alone anyone else. The fact is, 1 out of 6 people live in poverty and 20% … let me say that again, 20% maybe more of our American children live in poverty; for an ultra-rich country, information should offend and outrage us all.

If you listen to conservative media speak, because it is clear they had to control the airwaves … the lines of fair or balanced news and behavior become blurry, leaving the voter confused or having taken the fear-mongering to heart, voting against their own best interest and got what they paid for.

I once said: If the 2013 GOP gets their way, if they complete their mission, the only ones standing will be those who claim to be Republicans, but in 2016 Americans got beat by folks who feared America was becoming too brown, proudly announced themselves to be nationalists or white nationalists wanting to be the only governing source or supporting family governing or even worse? When HRC lost the 2026 election, all elections afterward seemed different; some of us thought this had to be rigged, manipulated, let alone the odd electoral results… this ish happened in the 21st century?

We the People cannot keep allowing this to happen

We had two great POTUS, and it felt like a few steps forward. Yet, the era of Trump took hold, and while we see being “other than” as against the law, suffice it to say, how much does Team Trump want to take away from what was gained over the last few decades as democracy seems to be slipping away? Make your voice heard and vote vote vote … register others for elections!

As memory lane becomes a jagged, crooked road of things for the millionaires and billionaires, the average American continues to lose while the middle and lower classes are suffering … some have become Vehicle Residents

We all know that programs like Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare are considered Mandatory Spending, accounting for almost 60% of federal expenditures. Yes, they definitely need reform, but should not be eliminated. The current crazy offensive fiscal attacks by Republicans do not seem to be because of the deficits we were facing, but a brazen attempt to privatize these programs. We have to remember the past, so we don’t repeat the Ryan budget plan, which was a nightmare. Most people in the U.S. know the big three need updating, but Republicans are not going to update or reform them to reduce waste, abuse, and fraud, or expand them. The plan, imo, continues to be splitting up all US Social Services into pieces so that premiums and prices have absolutely no regulatory control, or caps on how high or how often costs will rise.

I continue to ask, why didn’t Republicans learn a single thing from the near-US collapse of 2008, and do the old purity pledge Tea Party teach the new MAGARs members of Congress a lesson, or do they just have a big itch to see what exactly happens when a government falls apart because it feels like a full-on reach back to the Colonial days …

What we have here, what we have all been watching is the destruction of our government as we know it, seemingly trying to change it from the Republican Tea Party which really no longer exists or is based on a “family values platform” but one of overt discrimination … a we against them mentally, which includes and is not limited to banning Choice suppressing the Vote eliminating Social Services among many other things.

It is a disturbing and truly rude awakening watching and listening to how folks seem to want to turn back the clock and reinstate segregation, Jim Crow, and the poll tax.

Be a Seed for Change ~ Nativegrl77 ~ Another Rant

~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture

News from … April 4 2015- things to remember!

04/04/2026 Nativegrl77

7 San Francisco officers suspended over racist texts Associated Press

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Contents of racist Ferguson emails released

One of the messages compares black welfare recipients to mixed-breed dogs.

Several references to President Obama »

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Here’s What Happens When Pregnant Women Lose Their Rights

Purvi Patel’s case is just the latest miscarriage of justice.

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Bethann Hardison on Winning Over the Battle of Versailles Crowd

“I knew I nailed it.”

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A total lunar eclipse is coming Saturday morning. Don’t miss this “blood moon.”

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Water, Cuts and Allocation of Pain
Critics of the historic drought restrictions announced this week by Gov. Jerry Brown want to know why he didn’t bring the hammer down on California farmers.

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~ Culture & History, ~ my 2cents ...

We are all Freedom Fighters on some level every day… Thursday &some News

02/28/2026 Nativegrl77

The weather has been wicked windy

The latest events have made me wonder if Congress on the State and Federal level and or rhetoric from Republicans and folks who lean right of center will really get the push back or beat back by the Democratic Party after Congress gets back from Easter break because i sure have not heard much from the Democratic Party in general and that is not only disturbing it is offensive to anyone who voted these folks into office. I will say it was good to hear that Leader Reid has decided to hold an up and down vote on the PaulRyan Budget. It should open the eyes of most if not all Republican constituents, well maybe. In a time when millions are unemployed, more layoffs coming and Corporate America is still outsourcing and holding jobs hostage. The Republican Party continues to cut slash and burn American Workers. The party of No, which used to be just a conservative pro-life scary group, is now so extreme that the slogan “taking their country back”, is no longer code but an overt statement from Republican Tea Party members. Obviously, it is about not wanting “his kind” in the White House. The Tea Party wants to Privatize Public Service Jobs, which includes Teachers, Fire Fighters, Police, and others while gutting Social Service programs that help the elderly, women, and children around the country suffering already but are now willing to take the basics away from the middle/lower class.

However, I cannot begin to say how offensive though enlightening it is that they are actually legislating people into poverty. I have to say this has made me wonder what our neighborhoods will look after this nasty group is finished wreaking havoc on us all. We all know the more folks that are out of work the better the chances of fewer or quality services will be available. I ask everyone to just think what having less police, firefighters to help out not just the less fortunate but all those above the poverty line … a fire does not care if you have lots of money. I have to say the light of day on how low a Political Party is willing to go was quite evident with those behind the door deals they made to keep SOME firefighters and police employed. Did they think about this?

The media and certain Politicians say that in times of crisis people separate into cliques. I say our Politicians and Talking heads; “the media” have been doing a great job in forcing the public and or viewer into choosing side’s every day depending on the issue. It is offensive and while the November Midterms was proof of how that manipulation works, clearly a whole lot of buyer’s remorse has set in for the Political Party of No, Tea Party carpetbaggers who said one thing and are doing another. We all probably have family or know people who did March for equal rights, felt compelled, added to and a part of that strength in numbers adage we all hear frequently that i consider so important and speaks volumes when a change is near just over the horizon waiting to happen. This feeling of wanting a better way of life is possibly shared by most is spreading all over the world and while a couple of tyrants have seen the light others continue to participate in overt genocide others shutdown access to the World outside. I get the feeling the Republican Tea Party is a lot like those folks in other countries currently doing all they can to either keep control or take anyone down that happens to be in the way by murdering them …right?. In our case, American voters are demanding freedom but the people with the power have gone rogue without thinking about what the full impact on the lives of the many will be or don’t care and have decided to take that risk and try to usurp the rights of Americans whether it’s done legally, by consensus or not.

We are all Freedom Fighters on some level every day.

~ Culture & History

Freddie Stowers ~ Honor and recognition Long Overdue – Black History

02/17/2026 Nativegrl77

Lonnie Bunch, museum director, historian, lecturer, and author, is proud to present A Page from Our American Story, a regular on-line series for Museum supporters. It will showcase individuals and events in the African American experience, placing these stories in the context of a larger story — our American story.

A Page From Our American Story

Grave of CPL Freddie Stowers
at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
in France.

Freddie Stowers, the grandson of a South Carolina slave, holds a unique spot in America’s pantheon of war heroes — as the only African American awarded the Medal of Honor for service in World War I. Stowers’ story, however, must be told in two parts.

The first part of the story is his act of heroism in 1918; the second part is that it took more than 72 years before Stowers finally received the recognition he was due.

The United States was the last major combatant to enter World War I, the “war to end all wars.” The conflict began in Europe in 1914, but in the U.S., isolationist sentiments were strong resulting in a foreign policy of non-intervention. However, in April 1917, after a German U-boat sank the British ship Lusitania, killing 128 Americans on board, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. Three months later, on July 3, 1917, American troops landed in France.

Corporal Freddie Stowers came to France as part of the all-black Company C, 371^st Regiment, 93^rd Division that deployed in September, 1918. His service in France was short but courageous and memorable.

More than 50 years after the Civil War, America’s military was still segregated. The French, however, had no such rules, and Stowers and Company C were sent to the front lines to serve alongside French troops.

On September 28, just days after arriving in France, Stowers’ company was in the midst of an attack on Hill 188, Champagne Marne Sector, France, when enemy forces appeared to be giving up.

According to the War Department, German soldiers emerged from their trenches waving a white flag, arms in the air — military actions that signal surrender. It was a ruse, however. As Americans, including Cpl. Stowers, went to capture the “surrendering” Germans, another wave of the enemy arose and opened fire.

Very quickly, Company C’s lieutenant and non-commissioned officers were killed in the fight. This left the 21-year-old Stowers in command. Without hesitation, he implored his men to advance on the Germans.

Stowers would be mortally shot during the exchange. Wounded and dying, Stowers continued to fight on, inspiring his men to push the enemy back. With Stowers leading the counter-attack, Americans took out an enemy machine gun position and went on to capture Hill 188.

Following the battle, Stowers’ commanding officer nominated him for the Medal of Honor, but the nomination was never processed. The Pentagon said the paperwork was misplaced. Some raise the possibility that the nomination wasn’t misplaced at all, but deliberately lost. They point to the fact that American troops were segregated and suggest that racial bias in the military might be the reason for Stowers’ missing paperwork.

The final part of Freddie Stowers’ story begins in 1990. As the Department of Defense began to modernize its data systems, it ordered a review of all battlefield medal nominations. When Stowers’ recommendation was found, the Pentagon quickly took action to give the corporal the long overdue recognition and honor he deserved.

After the posthumous presentation of the Medal of Honor
to the sisters of Corporal (CPL) Freddie Stowers by
President George H. W. Bush, Mrs. Barbara Bush and
Mary Bowens admire the Medal of Honor certificate.
Ms Bowens is CPL Stowers’ sister. His other sister
Georgina Palmer (far left) looks on. CPL Stowers is the
only Black American to receive the Medal for action during
World War I. Photo: Robert Ward, DOD PA, April 4, 1991.

On April 24, 1991, more than 72 years after Stowers made the ultimate sacrifice for his nation, his sisters Georgiana Palmer and Mary Bowens, 88- and 77-years-old at the time, were presented his Medal of Honor by President George H. W. Bush.

Long before Stowers was honored by his nation, he, along with other members of Company C, received recognition from the French government: “For extraordinary heroism under fire.” Stowers and his unit received the Croix de Guerre – the French War Cross — the highest military medal France awards to allied soldiers.

Prior to World War I, 49 African Americans had been awarded the Medal of Honor, including 25 men who fought for the Union in the Civil War. There were 119 Medals of Honor recipients in World War I, with Stowers being the only African American. His long overdue recognition in 1991 is a small but important sign of the progress we as a nation have made.

All the best,

Lonnie Bunch
Director

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