While I’m at it.
This book raises many interesting points, and I would encourage you all to read it (Men and women alike). It addresses many issues people are afraid to confront, or refuse to confront altogether. It is written from an intimate and genuine point of view.
One point it raises which I find particularly frustrating is that of the name game. In the first chapter it asks “What is the worst thing you can call a man? Bitch, Girl, Pussy, etc. Is that not royally fucked up?” Also, she talks about the fact that a sexually active woman/girl/whatever is considered by society to be a big ‘ol whore, while men who are sexually active are players. What the fuck is that? I’m sure, if you’re a female, you’ve come across this sort of thing in some form before. This book urges you take action, even in the smallest way, because it can still make a difference.
There are still many battles to be won, especially for young women when standards for us in this society are growing more and more out of proportion on a daily basis. You can’t look anywhere without seeing some kind of advertisement for beauty products that will supposedly transform you into this beautiful and perfect juicy cyborg woman that every man wants. BULLSHIT! I mean sure, embrace your femininity, but do it for the right reasons, not because you’re trying to live up to some picture that’s been photoshopped and edited in every way shape and form and printed on the inside of every cover of every magazine chocked full ‘o SECKZ TIPZ! and HOW 2 LOOK HAWT 4 UR MAN!.
Fuck. More on this later.
A Story For You All
While bored in California, I stumbled upon a surprisingly startling and unnervingly true story from a book I just purchased called Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide To Why Feminism Matters
I don’t know if you’ve heard of “Pregnancy Crisis Centers”, but they are mock Planned Parenthood centers that parade themselves about as women’s healthcare centers, but in reality they are there to bully or trick women into remaining pregnant.
Here is the story.
“According to a Planned Parenthood email, a seventeen year old girl mistakenly walked into a “Pregnancy Crisis Center” thinking it was Planned Parenthood, which is next door. The group took down the girl’s personal confidential information and told her to come back for her appointment, which would be held in their “other office” (The real Planned Parenthood office nearby).
When she showed up for her nonexistant appoinment, she was met by the police, who had be erroneously tipped that a minor was being forced to abort. The Pregnancy Crisis Center staff followed up this harrasment by staking out the girl’s house, phoning her father at work and even talking to her fellow classmates about her pregnancy, urging them to harass her. “
Your taxes pay for these “Crisis Centers”. Good to know, eh?
