tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post1559917280890965645..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Burn It All DownElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-35607468100023202972018-09-29T21:53:50.667-07:002018-09-29T21:53:50.667-07:00I never attended University so that wasn't an ...I never attended University so that wasn't an experience I was familiar with, tho' I did suspect that rich Kids of privilege played by a whole other set of Rules than the rest of us. Still, even outside of privilege there have been the assaults against Women and Girls of all ages, it transcends socioeconomic boundaries sadly... it is way too prevalent.Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-55265378937332870022018-09-28T15:30:13.159-07:002018-09-28T15:30:13.159-07:00I, too, am full of rage. I only write about it in...I, too, am full of rage. I only write about it in short pieces on Facebook. The thought of writing a blog post on it is more than I can bear. The memories and experiences this is bringing up for many of us is astounding. A real wake up call (as if we needed one, well, WE didn't). I hope good women and men stay mad as hell for a very long time. We should. We should work on getting these rich white entitled bastards out of public office and out of the courts for sure.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052375488090209961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-48261421633779214542018-09-28T13:02:32.092-07:002018-09-28T13:02:32.092-07:00...the only soul "on this earth," is wha......the only soul "on this earth," is what it should have read, and thank you for your rage.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-66835234246934852362018-09-28T13:01:04.411-07:002018-09-28T13:01:04.411-07:00The thing is, almost every woman you know has a st...The thing is, almost every woman you know has a story. Many of them have many stories. I have two stories, two that stood out above the rest, two that could not be confused as anything else less than a violation, with all the violence in that word, and I told no one, I swallowed these nights and told myself "you should not have been in his room; this is what happens," and the only soul on this i have ever told before writing this comment is my husband. How many secrets have we kept as they turned to poison inside us. No wonder we rage.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-39391394861686702592018-09-28T11:28:25.209-07:002018-09-28T11:28:25.209-07:00Rage, yes. I had no idea I could feel as outraged ...Rage, yes. I had no idea I could feel as outraged as I do! There is comfort in knowing I am not alone, that we're united in this rage, a sisterhood on fire. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-44897618736334836922018-09-28T08:01:20.583-07:002018-09-28T08:01:20.583-07:00Millsaps College 1990-1994
Phi Mu
No boys or much ...Millsaps College 1990-1994<br />Phi Mu<br />No boys or much drinking for me, but I remember all-night philosophy sessions or study jams in fraternity houses, guys who read Greek and Latin, maybe some work by St. Augustine on the table for discussion, maybe even Rev. James Cone, discussed in all earnestness, while prettier, curvier girls disappeared into rooms, possibly drunk, probably helpless, but giggling, and I felt infinitely superior. "You're just like a man. You don't want to be like those girls. You're one of us." The same guys who could delicately discuss Aquinas' proofs of the existence of God would make vulgar, threatening phone calls to any girl, friend or stranger, who had "wronged" one of his fraternity brothers. They would hand around her number, if, for instance, she had broken up with a guy (or threatened to report a rape?) and every one of a hundred guys or so would call and threaten her, one after the next. "Hurt one of us, you hurt us all."elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339299191893097155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-57249225485490320122018-09-28T06:11:28.262-07:002018-09-28T06:11:28.262-07:00It seems to me that something I've never reall...It seems to me that something I've never really thought about in so many words is that it was always the rich white boys who were the "nasty" ones. The ones that didn't seem to have any concept of the rules of gentlemanly behavior, who would push things, people, women, limits in ways that no one else would because of course being the rich white boys they had been taught from birth that yes, they were entitled and no, the rules did not apply to them. They might know which fork to use for the shrimp but they had no concept of shame or respect. <br />I don't know, Elizabeth but I do know that I am old and that I will never see a true resolution in these matters. What I see is that forty, fifty years after the women's liberation movement, we are not liberated in the least. Not from fear, not from terror, not from pain, not from shame, not from self-doubt. Nor have we achieved the certain sure knowledge that our bodies belong to us and to us alone. <br />I love you. That I do know. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-91354982424780593792018-09-28T04:40:06.444-07:002018-09-28T04:40:06.444-07:00Sounds like a good idea.Sounds like a good idea.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-70941366543602440242018-09-28T03:53:31.764-07:002018-09-28T03:53:31.764-07:00This. Yes. Burn it to the ground. We've had en...This. Yes. Burn it to the ground. We've had enough.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-4365430583102584322018-09-28T02:45:16.787-07:002018-09-28T02:45:16.787-07:00We are not pawns in anyone's game. Dr. Christ...We are not pawns in anyone's game. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford spoke for us all. Your vivid memories add to her evidence.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-29867019373688595072018-09-27T21:24:55.451-07:002018-09-27T21:24:55.451-07:00We have to. We have to. Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.com