Posts Tagged ‘feminist’

Sexism is not just the privilege of  upper and middle class while men, but the privilege of all men in our society regardless of their class or race. Bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman ( 87) According to hooks, black men have been sexist throughout their history in America, but in contemporary times that sexism [...]

This month in Professional Women’s group we focused on  the 7 Steps for Living Your Best Life Right Now.  Seven is the number of completion. As I reflected on these steps, I realized all seven steps deal with vision. The first step is to enlarge your vision. I thought this fits nicely with what I [...]

Being ready is an essential for an effective leader. Intelligent, consciousness and general self efficacy leader spend time preparing.  According Wikipedia Leadership is described as ,”the process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task.”  This type of  leadership can be [...]

This post is based on a presentation I gave to the Professional Women’s Group Women_s_Leadership I have been selected as the Midwest Delegate for Professional Women’s group who will lead the community action project next year.  Leadership has been a part of my life since I was a teenager. I was the youth day chairperson [...]

I read a post recently dealing with the “If it feels good do it” Philosophy. That is not always the best choice, some things that feel good come with heavy  consequences. We know the wages of sin are death. It’s interesting that on March 14  Eric Wright aka Eazy E died of AIDS. March is woman’s [...]

For Christmas, my daughter brought me a bell hooks book.  I read bell hooks in college.  At the time I  considered myself a feminist. From what I understood of feminism then caused me to be skeptical about Christianity. I still considered myself a christian but I could not embrace God because of the patriarchal views [...]

Today I spent some time with a friend I have had since I graduated from High School, back then I took being a feminist to an extreme. I would joke a woman needs a man like a fish needs bicycle. I would not fix a plate of food for a man. I was like he [...]

Former New York Governor Spitzer  was  publicly humiliated by contradictions.   He had aggressive pursued people involved with illegal activities, yet he was involved prostitution. I like Former Governor Spitzer have contradictions within me. Being a feminist and victim of domestic violence. When I was younger I would sit on steps outside my cousins apartment. He would [...]