So your little sister beat you up. Maybe that hot little number in 10th grade wouldn't give you the time of day. Maybe your big sister put makeup on you while you were sleeping. I get it; for whatever reason,, you chose to wreak your revenge on the female gender through your chauvinist agenda and your idiotic efforts to suppress your female constituents. I understand where you're coming from; there's nothing worse than getting bullied or rejected by a girl. Understand this, however: This is why you are unemployed.
I'm talking to you, Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock, and yes, even you, Mitt Romney. I know you're married, and I have a theory that channels the plotline of The Stepford Wives, but that's not even the issue. The issue is this-- even though I believe your constituencies spoke loud and clear on election day, I want to ensure you get the message. Here it is:
1. Equal pay for equal work-- it seems like a no-brainer. If a woman works three times as hard to get the same job as a male coworker, you better believe she wants the same pay. There is no 'old boy's network for women. More women are working to support families than men. We need all the help we can get through legislation to even the playing field.
2. If you don't have a uterus, don't tell me what I can do with my uterus. I don't care about how you feel when your pigs or goats have stillborns; we are not pigs nor cows. My reproductive system is not on the table for legislation. You don't know me and you can't make my decisions.
3. Leave Planned Parenthood alone. That's right-- you heard me. When I was 18 and I needed birth control and I didn't want to discuss it with my parents, Planned Parenthood was there. They were also there to tell me I had high cholesterol and to give me counseling to help me take care of it through changing my diet. My health insurance was non-existent and my budget was as well. I was working my way through community college. If it weren't for the team at Planned Parenthood, my life might be much different.
Sound simple? Good. I'll clear a few more things up.
Women don't have penis envy. We know enough dicks-- we don't need ones of our own. I rather like being a woman and I don't think it makes me weak. Do I change my own oil? No, but I get it done, and it makes no difference-- I work hard at what I do. I don't think of myself as belonging to any weaker sex, but if you offer to carry my groceries for me, I'm smart enough to let you. Understand?
A woman's body doesn't shut down in the case of a forcible rape. As a matter of fact, a woman is more likely to conceive from a rape situation. Women also still die in childbirth; after all, with all these "technological advances," we still manage through our periods by either sticking an adhesive pad to our undies or shoving a cotton plug up a place Todd Akin is getting all hot and bothered about legislating.
Some women hate to cook-- can you believe it? Just like every man can't flush my radiator, some women can't boil water, and hold on to your hats, guys-- some women hate to clean! We're good at math too!
I know I've thrown a lot your way. Your little closed minds need time and space to process all this. Do me a favor-- explain to your wives what you've really said in public and see how fast you're sleeping on the couch!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
I got a Big Bird for you.
Romney stated proudly, “First of all, I will eliminate all programs based on this test, if they don’t pass it – Is the program so critical it’s worth borrowing money from China to pay for it. And if not, I’ll get rid of it.” Public broadcasting doesn't pass his test. My problem with his 'test' is that the following do not pass:
National Endowment for the Arts: an independent agency that offers support and funding for projects that achieve artistic excellence
National Endowment for Humanities: an independent agency to support research, education, preservation, and public programs in humanities
Planned Parenthood: a non-profit organization providing reproductive health services and maternal and child health service, despite the 'abortion-monger' moniker offered by many of the far right recently
All of the cuts he plans will save about 2 billion dollars, with an Amtrak subsidy composing 1.42 billion of that 2 billion. When I compare that to the 5 trillion dollar tax cut he has been touting for 18 months before he shook the etch-a-sketch on debate night, the words "chump change" come to mind.
Why would a candidate who states he feels the pain of our unemployment and he understands, attack funding for the arts, humanities and culture, when, for many of us, that is the escape from our daily life that adds quality and allows us to transcend our menial grinds?
For some perspective, we can be cutting the following and adding back in:
150 million- amount we will send out in checks to already deceased retired federal workers, that's right-- checks to dead people.
17.8 million- amount we sent to China in aid last year-- what?? We are in debt with China for billions.
16-20 million to help students from INDONESIA get their degrees.
4.6 million -Fannie Mae is getting ready to ask for ANOTHER bailout. Before you cut my art programs, why am I paying other people's mortgages?
As you can see, there are some issues Mitt didn't attack in his hair gel-inspired rage. I think that is my real issue.
Monday, October 1, 2012
To women who are voting Republican
I get it; you could be pro-life. You can relate when your candidate says they stand for family values. You like the idea of a small government who stands back and lets its citizens prosper through capitalism. You think people should stand on their own two feet. If this is you, keep on reading; you just may be a closet democrat.
Now hear me out; I'm actually pro-life. That's right; I don't think abortion should be a birth control method. I'll explain with a story:
Eighteen years ago, I was 14 weeks pregnant and 19 years old. I wasn't thrilled about my condition; the baby daddy, as they would call it now, was out of the picture shortly after conception. I planned on keeping the baby, of course. My parents planned to help watch the baby while I was in school and provide me a place to live. Like I said in a previous post, I have amazing parents.
I had been anticipating this appointment for weeks. I would finally see something more than morning sickness and indigestion from my developing pregnancy-- I would get to hear a heart beat. The doctor slathered my naked belly with freezing cold goo and moved the sensor thingy all over my belly. I saw the fear in his eyes; the fear that haunts all pregnant women at this stage. He was listening for a fetal heartbeat and there was nothing to hear. Unmistakeably utterly nothing.
I was rushed into ultrasound and had another sensor stuck in my hoo hah before I even had a chance to digest what was happening. The nurse finally found the baby, stalled at six weeks gestation, and dead. "Some women," the nurse explained, "have dozens of these types of miscarriages, but never realize it. The body just 'aborts' the dead fetus at the time the next period would have occurred and they never know the difference. Your body isn't miscarrying the dead fetus."
Surgery was scheduled. The doctor gave me a work excuse and sent me to bedrest. I still was contending with being 19, a sophomore in college, pregnant with a dead fetus, and now, going to my first surgery to basically, have an abortion procedure to remove a baby that was already dead.
I bet you're wondering what in the world this story has to do with anything. I'll explain:
State Representative Phil Jensen of South Dakota sponsored a bill to alter the definition of justified homicide to consider it permissible to commit murder if resisting an attempt to harm an unborn child or the unborn child of that person's partner or spouse, parent or child. If the father didn't believe that my fetus was dead, by this definition, he could have killed me and my doctor, then asked questions later. I'm glad I live in NY.
I am pro-life-- I want my daughter, my sister, my mother, and all the women in this country to be empowered in their health decisions. I want all of us to be able to make decisions for ourselves and our children free of a microscope. I don't like the idea of abortion. I like the idea of giving these women the hand-up to be able to support their new families, so that they have other options than abortion. I think if we continue to give options to women, rather than dictate laws, we'll see the family values happen that some politicians preach about. This is where all the rhetoric about family values really comes in.
If you want a government that allows us to thrive in our capitalist environment, you're not alone. I want a government that supports my right to control of my reproductivity so that I am free to chase my ambitions. I want a government that trusts me to make my own decisions about my health. I also want a government that doesn't allow companies to pay me less because I'm female. I am thinking you probably agree with this as well.
We should be able to stand on our own two feet-- to have control of our reproductive rights. Government should step out of the way to allow medicine to foray into the 21st century, rather than subjugate it to the back corner of the dark ages, where women used coathangers because there were no options.
Back to my story: I got my degree. I got married, had two children, and I have a career where I can support my ambitions and theirs. There are many legislators who would have stood in my way. I don't call that 'pro-life' and I don't call that 'family values.' I'm sure you would agree.
Now hear me out; I'm actually pro-life. That's right; I don't think abortion should be a birth control method. I'll explain with a story:
Eighteen years ago, I was 14 weeks pregnant and 19 years old. I wasn't thrilled about my condition; the baby daddy, as they would call it now, was out of the picture shortly after conception. I planned on keeping the baby, of course. My parents planned to help watch the baby while I was in school and provide me a place to live. Like I said in a previous post, I have amazing parents.
I had been anticipating this appointment for weeks. I would finally see something more than morning sickness and indigestion from my developing pregnancy-- I would get to hear a heart beat. The doctor slathered my naked belly with freezing cold goo and moved the sensor thingy all over my belly. I saw the fear in his eyes; the fear that haunts all pregnant women at this stage. He was listening for a fetal heartbeat and there was nothing to hear. Unmistakeably utterly nothing.
I was rushed into ultrasound and had another sensor stuck in my hoo hah before I even had a chance to digest what was happening. The nurse finally found the baby, stalled at six weeks gestation, and dead. "Some women," the nurse explained, "have dozens of these types of miscarriages, but never realize it. The body just 'aborts' the dead fetus at the time the next period would have occurred and they never know the difference. Your body isn't miscarrying the dead fetus."
Surgery was scheduled. The doctor gave me a work excuse and sent me to bedrest. I still was contending with being 19, a sophomore in college, pregnant with a dead fetus, and now, going to my first surgery to basically, have an abortion procedure to remove a baby that was already dead.
I bet you're wondering what in the world this story has to do with anything. I'll explain:
Terry England, Georgia Representative
Georgia Representative Terry England thinks that women shouldn't get such a procedure if they are more than twenty weeks pregnant with a dead baby. He compared those women to cattle or chickens on his farm, saying it's "real sad" when it happens, but those women should have to wait for their bodies to expel the tissue naturally, putting their lives at incredibly high risk.
Phil Jensen, South Dakota Representative
State Representative Phil Jensen of South Dakota sponsored a bill to alter the definition of justified homicide to consider it permissible to commit murder if resisting an attempt to harm an unborn child or the unborn child of that person's partner or spouse, parent or child. If the father didn't believe that my fetus was dead, by this definition, he could have killed me and my doctor, then asked questions later. I'm glad I live in NY.
I am pro-life-- I want my daughter, my sister, my mother, and all the women in this country to be empowered in their health decisions. I want all of us to be able to make decisions for ourselves and our children free of a microscope. I don't like the idea of abortion. I like the idea of giving these women the hand-up to be able to support their new families, so that they have other options than abortion. I think if we continue to give options to women, rather than dictate laws, we'll see the family values happen that some politicians preach about. This is where all the rhetoric about family values really comes in.
If you want a government that allows us to thrive in our capitalist environment, you're not alone. I want a government that supports my right to control of my reproductivity so that I am free to chase my ambitions. I want a government that trusts me to make my own decisions about my health. I also want a government that doesn't allow companies to pay me less because I'm female. I am thinking you probably agree with this as well.
We should be able to stand on our own two feet-- to have control of our reproductive rights. Government should step out of the way to allow medicine to foray into the 21st century, rather than subjugate it to the back corner of the dark ages, where women used coathangers because there were no options.
Back to my story: I got my degree. I got married, had two children, and I have a career where I can support my ambitions and theirs. There are many legislators who would have stood in my way. I don't call that 'pro-life' and I don't call that 'family values.' I'm sure you would agree.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Dear Mitt
Hello Mitt, I am one of the 53%. I have a great career and I love what I do. I have a wonderful family and a comfortable life. I consider myself blessed, but you would call me middle class. I'd like for you to understand why you won't have my vote this coming November and many of my friends feel the same way I do. However, I don't speak for any of them.
My parents are amazing people; they taught me the value of a dollar because they didn't have very many of them.They were definitely in the 47%; not that they didn't work hard. They worked very hard, sometimes more than one job, to raise my sister and myself. They taught me two things: a high work ethic and the value of a higher education.
Though they gave me all the emotional and financial support they could, I depended on financial aid, grants, student loans, and my own minimum wage jobs to pay for college. My doctor during the time I was in college was a nurse at Planned Parenthood. Even though I was on the low end of their sliding scale, she never treated me with anything but professionalism and true concern. Many of my fellow students raised families, lived independently, and survived health crises while working toward their degrees. Without the safety nets provided by public assistance, Planned Parenthood, WIC, and Medicaid, they wouldn't have had the chance to improve their lives.
Mitt, I know that's a nice story. All these people who would have been drains on our systems are now what you would consider productive members of society, but that's not the point. The point is those people-- me included-- gravitate toward fields that improve the lives of others. We are the teachers, the nurses, the consultants, the social workers, the police officers; we are inspired by those who helped us to help others. Basically, we are the glue that holds this society together.
I want you to picture this: I want you to picture what society would look like if only those who could pay cash for college educations were allowed to aspire. It would be a world without hope-- without the American Dream. I am sure the lobbyists are very grateful for your support of corporations and those in the 1%, but for me, I'm grateful for a government that provides me options rather than limits.
I want to thank you for all the concern you have shown my reproductive system, however, I'd rather vote for the candidate who shows interest in the rest of me.
Hello Mitt, I am one of the 53%. I have a great career and I love what I do. I have a wonderful family and a comfortable life. I consider myself blessed, but you would call me middle class. I'd like for you to understand why you won't have my vote this coming November and many of my friends feel the same way I do. However, I don't speak for any of them.
My parents are amazing people; they taught me the value of a dollar because they didn't have very many of them.They were definitely in the 47%; not that they didn't work hard. They worked very hard, sometimes more than one job, to raise my sister and myself. They taught me two things: a high work ethic and the value of a higher education.
Though they gave me all the emotional and financial support they could, I depended on financial aid, grants, student loans, and my own minimum wage jobs to pay for college. My doctor during the time I was in college was a nurse at Planned Parenthood. Even though I was on the low end of their sliding scale, she never treated me with anything but professionalism and true concern. Many of my fellow students raised families, lived independently, and survived health crises while working toward their degrees. Without the safety nets provided by public assistance, Planned Parenthood, WIC, and Medicaid, they wouldn't have had the chance to improve their lives.
Mitt, I know that's a nice story. All these people who would have been drains on our systems are now what you would consider productive members of society, but that's not the point. The point is those people-- me included-- gravitate toward fields that improve the lives of others. We are the teachers, the nurses, the consultants, the social workers, the police officers; we are inspired by those who helped us to help others. Basically, we are the glue that holds this society together.
I want you to picture this: I want you to picture what society would look like if only those who could pay cash for college educations were allowed to aspire. It would be a world without hope-- without the American Dream. I am sure the lobbyists are very grateful for your support of corporations and those in the 1%, but for me, I'm grateful for a government that provides me options rather than limits.
I want to thank you for all the concern you have shown my reproductive system, however, I'd rather vote for the candidate who shows interest in the rest of me.
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