Justice For Savita
This story really got to me and I think Jessica Valenti at The Nation gets why this story hit me so hard:
"Savita’s death is a reminder that no matter how far we think women have come, to some we simply are not people. Our lives are worth nothing, valuable only for our bodies and what they can provide men, the state, and the culture. Most days-even when there are constant reminders of our second class status through policy or the media-I can put this feeling aside. But every once in a while there is a stark, horrifying reminder of what it means to be considered less than. There is no way to describe the pain of knowing that to so many-to your country, even-you are nothing."
"But we are not nothing. Savita was not nothing. She was a person and she was loved-as we all are. If we want to honor Savita we cannot stand by while others enshrine women’s dehumanization through policy."
"Savita’s death is a reminder that no matter how far we think women have come, to some we simply are not people. Our lives are worth nothing, valuable only for our bodies and what they can provide men, the state, and the culture. Most days-even when there are constant reminders of our second class status through policy or the media-I can put this feeling aside. But every once in a while there is a stark, horrifying reminder of what it means to be considered less than. There is no way to describe the pain of knowing that to so many-to your country, even-you are nothing."
"But we are not nothing. Savita was not nothing. She was a person and she was loved-as we all are. If we want to honor Savita we cannot stand by while others enshrine women’s dehumanization through policy."