Sunday, April 15, 2012
No One Called Me a Slut
A wonderful article by a woman who is now a grandmother in her 70s about her abortion experience and why the procedure should remain legal. No One Called Me a Slut
Hello everyone!
Hello everyone, my name is Sarah. I'm a 24 year old liberal hippie vegan feminist nurse. As you can guess from the title of the blog, I was born and raised in sunny Florida. My hobbies include reading, dancing, making pinback buttons, playing with my dog, watching movies (esp. documentaries) and going to baseball games and Disney World whenever I can.
I have been a feminist since before I even knew what the word meant. My parents say that even as a toddler I was very independent. My favorite TV shows growing up included Dr Quinn Medicine Woman and re-runs of the show Emergency! from the 70s. Both Dr. Quinn and Emergency! had strong, positive female characters who were decidedly feminist. I also come from a long line of strong, independent women. I have Cherokee Indian heritage (note to any Cherokee readers: there are no princess great grandma's in my family, I promise!) and in traditional Cherokee culture women are/were often given positions of power. They owned the houses, could get a divorce whenever they wanted, and decided the fate of prisoners. In families that still know their clan, children are considered to be members of their mother's clan, not their father's. My grandmother on my mother's side was a strong woman who overcame a lot of adversity in her life, and my mother is a nurse who always encouraged me to go to school and learn to support myself.
I started this blog because I am sick of these conservative politicians trying to send us back into the dark ages. Bullshit laws such as the ones requiring women to view ultrasounds before an abortion and the attempts to shut down Mississippi's only abortion clinic do NOTHING to help women as some anti-choice activists claim. Outlawing abortion will not make it go away, it will only send us back to the dark days of back-alleys and coat hangers. It is time for women to speak out against the anti-choice politicians and groups and let them know that we will not allow them to take away our rights.
I hope to keep this blog updated with all the latest news about women's rights, but this is all for now. Keep up the good work and I'll talk to you all soon.
I have been a feminist since before I even knew what the word meant. My parents say that even as a toddler I was very independent. My favorite TV shows growing up included Dr Quinn Medicine Woman and re-runs of the show Emergency! from the 70s. Both Dr. Quinn and Emergency! had strong, positive female characters who were decidedly feminist. I also come from a long line of strong, independent women. I have Cherokee Indian heritage (note to any Cherokee readers: there are no princess great grandma's in my family, I promise!) and in traditional Cherokee culture women are/were often given positions of power. They owned the houses, could get a divorce whenever they wanted, and decided the fate of prisoners. In families that still know their clan, children are considered to be members of their mother's clan, not their father's. My grandmother on my mother's side was a strong woman who overcame a lot of adversity in her life, and my mother is a nurse who always encouraged me to go to school and learn to support myself.
I started this blog because I am sick of these conservative politicians trying to send us back into the dark ages. Bullshit laws such as the ones requiring women to view ultrasounds before an abortion and the attempts to shut down Mississippi's only abortion clinic do NOTHING to help women as some anti-choice activists claim. Outlawing abortion will not make it go away, it will only send us back to the dark days of back-alleys and coat hangers. It is time for women to speak out against the anti-choice politicians and groups and let them know that we will not allow them to take away our rights.
I hope to keep this blog updated with all the latest news about women's rights, but this is all for now. Keep up the good work and I'll talk to you all soon.
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