It is time to stand up and fight

Think it's past time we entered the 21st century and left the last century's narrow-mindedness behind? Read on! Make The Handmaid's Tale Fiction Again #StopTheBans It's time we rise up and stand together, it's once again time we grab our posters and our signs and hit the streets! So, let's get creative in the signage and costuming ladies. There's something about having your very existence threatened that brings out the latent talent hidden in the depths of a woman's soul. We aren't "having brunch with the gals" here. This isn't no garden party. We are fighting for our right to determine our own destinies; our right to live our lives as we see fit--not as others deem proper. Are we equal with men, or are we "just a womb"? The Handmaid's Tale is a novel, not a guidebook, right? Are we heading toward a sadistic patriarchal society where women are barely seen behind their red capes and bonnets with wings, to be used simply as brood mares? The women on the protest corner must give a resounding "No!" to that nightmare scenario. We are strong! We will fight back! This recent spate of abortion ban laws just reinforces the fact that outlawing abortion isn't a "moral issue" (or a "Save the babies!" issue) but a "control issue" to keep women, minorities, and the poor in general in their place. The elites can't have women determining their own destinies, especially their economic destinies. If they have the freedom to decide when or if they are going to have children, women could choose to focus on their education and/or careers and eventually learn to out-think their bosses. Smart women could challenge the system and demand change to make a better world for their children and future children...

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Anti-abortion legislation is just another way the 1% on top in positions of power use punitive measures to control the 99% "beneath" them--with an added side of self-righteousness to boot. Intelligent, capable women (and their allies) aren't having it. We're not taking this latest attack against Roe V. Wade lying down, with our hands held down by our rapists. We are taking the conversation to the streets and demanding to be heard. They're cry is "Never again." We aren't going back to the dark ages. We aren't going to allow women to die in back alleys. ​

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"Feminism isn't about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It's about changing the way the world perceives that strength." -- G.D. Anderson