I get a little mushy in this entry, forgive me.

[orangina21]

I was pretty angry when I wrote that last entry. I cried all the way to and from work on Wednesday. Everyone in the office was quite sad, except for my boss. But Jesse's emails cheered me a bit. It's good to know I've got a politically active ally in my life. I never knew what I was missing before but I can tell you, it makes a huge difference to me to know that someone else shares the same idealism and desire for change with me. I don't know what I was thinking in the past - one of my ex-boyfriends was even a Republican. He would laugh at my "bleeding-heart liberalism" and mocked the feminist movement around me. What was wrong with me then, that I put up with that shit? There was definitely a time when I had no political conscience whatsoever. But now that I do, and it's a strong part of my life, it's wonderful to know that there's someone else in my life who also considers it his responsibility to get involved.

The other day we were talking about how I work in an office, and although (as he pointed out) women no longer "have" to wear heels to work, everyone I work with (and myself) still does. We wound up discussing the various ways in which there has been a conservative backlash against women's rights which paints feminists as "ugly" (which I'm not going to get into in detail here, but you get the idea). It was great, I felt like all of this time I've had no one to discuss this with, and here I am, having this conversation with someone who also happens to be the man I love.

bell hooks would be proud.