That's how I feel about life right now. Even though this is a blog about fashion and baking, I would like to point out a few things, some actually pertaining to this.
1. Jessica posted this on her Facebook a few days ago.
http://www.anneofcarversville.com/body-politics/lizzie-miller-body-image-model-and-beauty-debate-update.html
Really? Cindy Crawford too fat to model? I could only hope to be half as beautiful as her when I'm her age. But what does that say about models these days? One must be anorexic to model successfully? One must have the body of a lanky 12 year old boy? I don't know about you guys, but I'm 5'3", wear a size 2-4, am by no means overweight or chubby, but sometimes have a hard time accepting my body because I am bombarded with the atypical 4% of women who are of model quality. So, I feel, thanks to these glossy photos I see in magazines, that nothing but a burlap sack will look good on me,
And all of this dictated by men.
Speaking of men...
2. No. I seriously hope this is a joke.
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/16/gop-women-kids/
I'm sorry, when American society dictates that I
must stay at home, bake, clean, and take care of kids, I'm leaving. End of story. I bake because I enjoy it. It's fun, it gives me great pleasure to create something, sit down, by myself, and eat it because I want it. Not because I must. I make food for my boyfriend because I want to, and he allows me to experiment with food on him. Again, not because it is a societal contractual obligation.
3. I'm seriously hoping this one is a joke too. I'll take number 2 over this list any day.
http://pol.moveon.org/waronwomen/?rc=fb
Redefining rape, to make it sound like we're back in the middle 20th century where rape was regardless a woman's fault because she let her assailant rape her by "leading him on"? Allowing me to die if the unborn child I have inside me is going to kill me instead of allowing me to live?
4. Planned Parenthood is gone.
Regardless of the stigma attached to Planned Parenthood, they were a great help to me when I had no health insurance. No, I never went there for a certain procedure, but I went there because when I had no health insurance. I'm at high risk for cervical cancer, if I don't get checked every 4-6 months, it could mean tumors and health issues beyond my control and wallet. It's inconceivable to me that our government took that away from countless women who needed it.
5.This is just an interesting opinion of a man and what Conservatives are doing.
http://georgelakoff.com/2011/02/19/what-conservatives-really-want/
6. This one is disheartening.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110301/us_yblog_thelookout/5-graphs-about-american-women
I hope this one changes in my future, or seriously, my effort in gaining an education is being wasted. Yes I'll make more than a woman who only has a high school degree, but I'll apparently still never amount to the men I work with. Hooray for $.75 for their $1.
7. I can't find the link, but when I do, I'll post it.
For a while, and I don't know how I missed this, but they wanted to take away women's rights to birth control. Luckily, that one was shot down. Birth Control pills, IUDs, etc, have been available to women for almost 60 years. So, my mom was allowed to have access but I'm not? What the hell? I practice safe sex, I don't strictly use birth control to have wild crazy, unprotected sex with every man that comes my way. It's helped my cramps, blood flow (I know, sorry, TMI), and acne. My roommate uses it because her cramps are so bad, she often cannot get out of bed. The birth control helps that, and allows her to go to school. The government almost told her she couldn't have it because they expect her to have promiscuous sex, when in fact she's taking it for medical reasons. Sorry men, often, Midol just can't cover that shit.
Good God men.
But I post these things because the way the men in our government want it, they want us all to be child rearing bloggers, blogging about cooking for our husbands, and not earning a dime of our own. I want to carry this blog knowing this is a choice for me, not as an outlet because I've cleaned my house, took care of my kids, and am waiting for my husband to get home.
Speaking of, there was another paper posted saying that women who have careers often have over weight kids because they're not there to take care of their kids properly. What about the spouses? Family support? That paper was almost incredibly anti-empowered workforce woman.
Granted, there are women who chose that life style, who want to stay at home and nurture. Good for them, they're probably doing something I couldn't. Everyone has different ideas of how to live their life. I just don't appreciate mine being dictated for me.
I promise my next post will be happier.
