Stroke

When we first met, you had me stuck
But after we had sex, I was really struck
Struck on the fact that you let me down
Now I'm avoiding your calls, hoping you never come around.

Bangin' into me like you do
You said "O," I said "No!"
You need to take time with your stroke.

Watching porn and music videos don't make you set
Neither of those things get me wet
You need to go read a Kama-sutra book
And then become bff's with my nook.

Bangin' into me like you do
You said "O," I said "No!"
You need to take time with your stroke.

You do realize I don't need you for sex
We all know "the rabbit" can take care of the rest
What I do want is love and intimacy
And not to feel like a whole in a tree.

Bangin' into me like you do
You said "O," I said "No!"
You need to take time with your stroke.

Fem Film: Just One of the Guys

 

 

 

King

On October 16, 1384, Jadwiga, a woman, was crowned KING of Poland. She is one of the only 5 or so such women in all of human history to talk a masculine royal title.

We

I am a person
Not a thing
Both a noun
But not the same thing
You are a person
And a king
We must bow down
When you walk in
Well, that's it-
Refused to be oppressed
All you see are lumps on my chest
And a bush that surrounds the nest
But there is more
More to me
Look me in my eyes and you will see
A strong independent woman longing to be
A king, a leader, a human being
So let's put an end to he and she
And just begin to be happy!

Where Art Thou Feminist?

Where are all the feminist, I want to know

Calling all the feminist, because I feel so

alone

As I get out of bed, put my feet on the floor

I think to myself

What's gonna happen as I walk out the door?

Society always telling us our next move

But as I burn my bra, I say society Fuck You!

Where are all the feminist, those non-conformist souls

Calling all the feminist, because I feel all alone.

 

 

 

Intersectionality

The other day I saw two people, one black and one white, having a heated discussion on twitter about feminism and who really reeks the benefits from fighting for women's rights. The white woman couldn't understand why all woman couldn't rise up together and felt if we did this women as a whole could be powerful leaders and I couldn't agree more. However, what she failed to realize, and what the black woman was trying to point out, was that in order to all become one, we all have to be on an even playing field.

Black women have what society calls a double negative; being female and being a person of color. They have always had to divide their time and attention to not one but two fights, women's rights and equal rights, whereas white women only have one fight. For instance, in 2015 a woman by the name of Sandra Bland was aggressively arrested by police for a traffic stop, days later dying in police custody. This story made huge news but it was marked as a black lives matter issue and not a feminist one. In the same year, officer Daniel Holtzclaw was arrested and convicted of being a serial rapist, as he only targeted low-income black women and forced them to perform sexual acts on him, thinking no one would care if they ever spoke out. Again, white feminist were pretty silent and again this was just another black lives matter issue.

 One of my favorite movies of all time is "A League of Their Own," a great movie about women getting the chance to play baseball at a time when their husbands were being sent off to fight in WWII. This is definitely a feminist movie, but a white feminist movie since the All-American League was an all white league. There is a great scene in the movie when the ladies are practicing and the ball travels outside the field, rolling next to a black woman's foot, who is standing there watching them play. Dottie, who Geena Davis plays, is in close distance to her and signals for the woman to throw the ball back to her. However, with little to no effort, the woman throws the ball higher, further, and harder past Dottie and to Sue Ellen, who has to take the glove off and shake out the pain in her hand. Dottie and Sue Ellen are in shock but the black woman gives them just one look that says it all. This one minute scene is one of the best scenes and an absolutely necessary one to the film because up until that point we thought we were seeing the best of the best women come out to play, but it was just the best of the best white women and it shows us who is being left out.

Going back to the twitter discussion that those two women were having, I agree with both. If all women came together, we could accomplish many goals that women face today. However, white feminist still have work to do in showing support for black women and black feminist struggles. When you do a google search of "beautiful women," or "beautiful hair," there is not one picture of a person of color. When white feminist start to recognize differences in the way society views and treats women of color, then all women can start to come together. When white feminist start standing on the front lines of black women issues then we can start to come together. Feminism can not happen without intersectionality and inclusion and until then, all women can not all rise up together and thus will all continue to be seen as second class citizens.

Cheers!

Self Love

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world"~ Lucille Ball