Somewhere over the rainbow...

Not ready to make nice

So now they're supposed to be nice to us.

Fuck that.

Due respect to non-elitist eunuchs

This is NOT a negative attack on the part of one of Senator Clinton's supporters:

"If she gave him one of her cojones, they'd both have two."

            --James Carville (Newsweek article, 5/2/08)

In fact, James Carville is speaking waaaaaaaaaaay too complimentary of Senator Obama.

Sure, condoning this kind of hypermasculine posturing is just buying into the patriarchy. And it does veer close to stooping to the level of negative personal attacks. And yes, I have been/would be/shall be offended at all of the attacks questioning Senator Clinton's identity, femininity, body, or personal qualities. But you know what? Fuck it. I'll do my feminist penance and say 10 Hail Andrea Dworkin's on November 5. And with President Clinton's swearing in in January it will be that much easier to dismantle the white supremacist capitalist heterosexist patriarchy. James Carville is just reminding us that one shouldn't try to send a boy into to do a woman's job. BAM!

I believe a woman can work hard and succeed...

Sing it, Melissa!

WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW

Melissa Etheridge

I believe if I look hard enough
I will see
That there can be enough
I believe I can think clear enough
To conceive
A place where there's enough

If not now, when
If not today then
What about tomorrow
What happens tomorrow

I believe a woman can work hard and succeed
And we could be content
To believe that she could be in charge
Of the free
And be the president

If not now, when
If not today then
What happens tomorrow
What happens tomorrow
If you become the change
You want to see you change
What happens tomorrow
What happens tomorrow

I believe that we are waking up from the spell
That those that profit from the fear
Cast so well
And good people of the earth now can tell
There is no us and them

If not now, when
If not today then
What happens tomorrow
What happens tomorrow

All is love
All is choice
Everyone and every voice
All of life that you see
All are possibilities
As above so below
To wed the sense into the soul
This is truth I believe
I believe I believe

Truth is of the people
By the people 
For the people

White House Herstory

If you don't get at least a little misty eyed, then you're just dead on the inside:

12:58pm on Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Doing my part to capture history with my cell phone...

Reverse alphabetical order?

(...and the last shall be first...)

This one's for you, Alice Paul.

My friend Hillary came to see me on Sunday night

It was raining, and getting chilly out, and there was a long line. And I would do it again ANY DAY just to see her and hear her in person.

After she was introduced, they took away the podium. She spoke without any written notes. She fired up the crowd. She laid out specific campaign issues. She kicked ass.

pretty good quality for a cell phone picture

Madame Secretary's Words of Wisdom, part 2

"...I stepped out of what is a 'normal' role for a woman my age... I love to be involved. I'm definitely an activist. So, making a difference is what motivates me. It took me a long time to develop a voice. Now that I have it, I'm not gonna shut up." 

--Dr. Madeleine Albright, Diplomat (2007)

The episode of Iconoclasts (Sundance Channel) featuring Madame Secretary and Ashley Judd is a must-see.

Madame Secretary's Words of Wisdom

I'm going to have to tattoo this on my forehead. From an interview with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright:

"I have this saying that I use quite frequently, which is that there is a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other."

Testify!