Goddesss, how could I almost forgot today's date? 'Must be all the stress from the Doujin, Caption Writing, CG-Coloring thing...
Thanks to Yahoo! Mail for reminding me...
Happy International Women/Womyn's Day,
minna!
Here is a little backgrounder on how this Special Day was won for women/womyn of all colors, races, social backgrounds,
classes...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women's_Day
Hey, also for those people who just think of feminism as some sort of "anti-man movement" only, do enjoy a
good read here on the multitudes of variants of feminism here!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism
I especially like the part on anarcha-feminism and transfeminism -- in a capsule, they say that there are actually "sexist women", that is, women who seek clinging to certain "characteristics" in order to retain their "femininity"... basically, transfeminism denounces this "dual" or "essentialist" view of "manhood-womanhood", saying that such essentialism is not liberating to both men and womyn. That being a "womyn" or a "man" is essentially dictated by a biased characterization of science. (For a special reading on this, here's some thoughts from Donna Haraway! http://www.geneseo.edu/~bicket/panop/author_H.htm#HARAWAY)
Anyway, that's just my biases on feminism! Today's date should be celebrated by all men and womyn seeking
liberation!
Mothers (single moms and bonded moms), prostitutes, career ladies, goth femmes, LBGTs, struggling students, avant-garde
artists, whatever your backgrounds or careers are, today's our special day! Wooooo!
Anyway, just to continue this thread, you can also post in here special womyn whom you really admire or look up to or just a special woman/womyn in your life.
(eekkk, gotta get back to Doujin campaigning now!)
