I recently applied to Harvard and didn’t get in, so this news story really caught my eye:
Homeless girl goes to Harvard!
I have, for a long time, believed that if you give any child or young woman support, encouragement, and love, no matter what their circumstances, they can do incredible and amazing things. Good for the young Ms. Williams, and may she have years of learning, growth and success at Harvard and beyond!
That I would care about the presidential election so much? What with gender and race and so many other factors that have explicitely colored the coverage and progress of the presidential campaign, I guess I have some really strong feelings about what’s going on in Washington D.C. lately.
This article, by Melissa McEwan (via MaryTracy 
), is one of the best articles I have ever read about the important decisions being made, and the fine lines being walked, by feminists and womanists all over the U.S. in regards to this presidential election.
It’s really tough being a woman, particularly a woman of color, and trying to wrap my head around the sexism and racism being made even more apparent because of this election. I just got my citizenship about 2 or so years ago, and I have been so jaded with the government and electoral system in this country that I haven’t bothered to vote. This particular quote from McEwan’s essay really struck me:
Shaker CE once said in comments, “Knowing that the alternative is worse actually makes it harder for me; it just reinforces that sense I often get from some Dems, including Sen. Obama in this cycle, that they think they can do whatever the fuck they like to me, because I don’t have any other option. The worst part? They’re right.”
They are right. And I am not sure I am going to vote this election either. That’s the most disturbing thing about this election: the decisions that many of us feminists have to make are extremely difficult and complex. And I am tired of being threatened, cajoled, and manipulated by self-proclaimed “liberals” into supporting a presidential candidate (i.e. Obama) that has benefitted passively and actively from sexism and misogyny.
This sandnigger bitch is not takin’ that white liberal male bullshit anymore. Thanks.
Just go read the McEwan essay! Go, go, go!
Listen to her. You will see that her passionate and honest words have everything to do with my first post and discussion in the comments.
“…A revolution once pregnant with expectation flounders,
Apathetic and individualistic, no one knows where to vote
Or what to vote for anymore,
The faces that now represent us,
have now begun to look like the ones who used to burn crosses,
and beat bulldaggers
and fuck faggots up the ass with loaded guns…”
Thanks for the inspiration ekitty
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