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"You will be controlled. You will be subjugated. You will be marginalized. And when subjugation walks in, freedom walks out. Now what do I mean? That means gone will be equal opportunity in the work force. Gone will be equal education. Gone will be equal pay for equal work. Gone will be health care benefits. Gone will be retirement benefits. Your freedoms will be gone. Because this is not about babies, again. It's about subjugation of women by male dominated societies. It's no more; it's no less."
---George Tiller, 2004
It's been a while.
This struck me hard. One of the most difficult things is to open up like that, to put yourself out there, especially to a place like sf_d, where they eat their own, where it is most assuredly NOT the snugglenets .. There are definitely still things that I haven't discussed in my own journal, that I'm still wary about saying aloud; I admire mcpreacher for doing that, for being WILLING to allow people into his space, into his head, like he did. That takes courage.
We, as a nation, lost a good person, a good man, with the death of Dr. Tiller. Someone who truly cared about women, about our *rights,* about our LIVES. I mourn that, I mourn that man whom I've never met. The fact of it is, only three providers, three doctors, were willing to risk themselves to help women. Three, in the entire US. This man went to work with a bodyguard, he had to protect himself to help save *us.* To save lives, even! The fact that there are people taking over his clinic duties is a comfort, to be sure, but it doesn't make up for what we've lost.
I'm grateful to him, to his dedication. I can only hope that this tragedy, this CRIME, spurs more people to continue in his footsteps. It's a dangerous job, I won't lie, but it's an important one.
I've spent hours thinking what I can do, how I can help. I'm going to see if the PP by my house is looking for volunteers for patient escorting; I know I've seen protests there more than once. I passed one on my way back from getting the Morning After pill at a pharmacy. I can still feel that hot shame, that flare of anger, that sick feeling at the pit of my stomach, and I can only imagine how those women must feel when confronted with what may have been an incredibly difficult choice, only to have to walk past people who are not only hurling insults, but who may actually wish them harm.
Hug your family and friends today.
Other newsssss. I'll be in Seattle from June 19th - June 23rd; I'll be in Longwood, Florida, from July 24th - August 2nd. WoW is going well, I have a shiny new staff on Astie, and Asteria is getting to the point where it doesn't QUITE depress me to log onto her. Downed Yogg-Saron (ie, giant eyeball) on 10s with Astie. I only had to die three times during one attempt to kill him, AND Sara finally shut up. I consider this a victory for persons everywhere.
Mike and I are done, whatever it was in the first place. Keeping my prospects open.
I will probably be posting something potentially triggering later (sometime in the future, not necessarily today). It's about my hellhole of a marriage and why it was a bad idea. If you are, or were, a friend of Zak's, or sensitive at all to discussions of abuse, you'll probably want to steer clear. I will, of course, put a warning on it.
I look super cute today. This is all.
---George Tiller, 2004
It's been a while.
This struck me hard. One of the most difficult things is to open up like that, to put yourself out there, especially to a place like sf_d, where they eat their own, where it is most assuredly NOT the snugglenets .. There are definitely still things that I haven't discussed in my own journal, that I'm still wary about saying aloud; I admire mcpreacher for doing that, for being WILLING to allow people into his space, into his head, like he did. That takes courage.
We, as a nation, lost a good person, a good man, with the death of Dr. Tiller. Someone who truly cared about women, about our *rights,* about our LIVES. I mourn that, I mourn that man whom I've never met. The fact of it is, only three providers, three doctors, were willing to risk themselves to help women. Three, in the entire US. This man went to work with a bodyguard, he had to protect himself to help save *us.* To save lives, even! The fact that there are people taking over his clinic duties is a comfort, to be sure, but it doesn't make up for what we've lost.
I'm grateful to him, to his dedication. I can only hope that this tragedy, this CRIME, spurs more people to continue in his footsteps. It's a dangerous job, I won't lie, but it's an important one.
I've spent hours thinking what I can do, how I can help. I'm going to see if the PP by my house is looking for volunteers for patient escorting; I know I've seen protests there more than once. I passed one on my way back from getting the Morning After pill at a pharmacy. I can still feel that hot shame, that flare of anger, that sick feeling at the pit of my stomach, and I can only imagine how those women must feel when confronted with what may have been an incredibly difficult choice, only to have to walk past people who are not only hurling insults, but who may actually wish them harm.
Hug your family and friends today.
Other newsssss. I'll be in Seattle from June 19th - June 23rd; I'll be in Longwood, Florida, from July 24th - August 2nd. WoW is going well, I have a shiny new staff on Astie, and Asteria is getting to the point where it doesn't QUITE depress me to log onto her. Downed Yogg-Saron (ie, giant eyeball) on 10s with Astie. I only had to die three times during one attempt to kill him, AND Sara finally shut up. I consider this a victory for persons everywhere.
Mike and I are done, whatever it was in the first place. Keeping my prospects open.
I will probably be posting something potentially triggering later (sometime in the future, not necessarily today). It's about my hellhole of a marriage and why it was a bad idea. If you are, or were, a friend of Zak's, or sensitive at all to discussions of abuse, you'll probably want to steer clear. I will, of course, put a warning on it.
I look super cute today. This is all.