This afternoon I went to Amsterdam to join the Women's March; I had been hesitant to go because of my issues with people, but the past few weeks (months...) I've felt so sad and angry and powerless with what's happening in politics all over the world, that I just had to DO something. Consider this my first step in the resistance ( Read more... )

Another video from another inspiring woman:
A TED talk by Maysoon Zayid, seriously cool and funny: "I got 99 problems and cerebral palsy is just one. If there was an oppression Olympics, I would win the gold medal: I'm Palastinian, Muslim, I'm female, I'm disabled and.... I live in New Jersey."

Go. Watch, listen, laugh and learn:)

First post on ( Read more... )

This morning I filled my Tumblr likes list with Eartha Kitt (1927-2008).
Here one of the reasons why: Video-interview on love and compromise
This woman is AWESOME. *chinhands and loves all over*

(My Tumblr likes list:)

During breakfast I accidently watched a documentary about Alice Walker and now I'm slightly embarrassed I hadn't even thought of her on my quest to read more novels by female authors. What an inspirational woman!

I've ordered The Color Purple and Possessing the Secret of Joy, along with The Blind Assassin and The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood. ( Read more... )

These days most of my reading happens on the bus to and from work, and during my breaks. At home there are too many distractions; tv, the computer and food. Yet sometimes I get so involved in a book that I have to finish it no matter what and I completely ignore everything and crawl right into my comfy chair when I get home. This happened again ( Read more... )

( Things that make me angry/sad )

We have general elections in The Netherlands tomorrow. There are 21 parties to choose from with in total 972 candidates (303 women, 669 men). There are twenty voting districts, in some of them local people are on the bottom of the list, to push votes. All votes count nationally though; all votes have the same weight ( Read more... )

My favorite quote this week comes from digidolvin:
The hardest part about being a feminist is knowing that one day soon I will grow 15 feet and my arms will shrink and I will become a T-rex with an insatiable appetite for man blood and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.
The transformation has already begun, I can feel it in my bones.

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