tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130276836696015673.post4331182654557200002..comments2023-10-24T08:46:59.775-05:00Comments on Touch of Grey: I am Strong. I am Invincible. I am Woman.Sugar Magnoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081429874378399282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130276836696015673.post-898031994182536712010-03-08T09:22:27.281-06:002010-03-08T09:22:27.281-06:00As I treasure your words and your friendship, Ferr...As I treasure your words and your friendship, Ferret. <br /><br />My mother's (and your) generation fought so that my generation would not have to. But I say the work is not done. As long as women are still getting paid less than men for equal work, it is not done. As long as Roe v Wade is threatened, it is not done. As long as women are okay with degrading themselves in gangsta rap videos, "Girls Gone Wild" films, and wearing head to to burquas in foreign countries because their men and their religion say they must, it is not done.<br /><br />You should take pride in what you and your sisters accomplished. I thank you for all that was done in the name of equality.Sugar Magnoliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081429874378399282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8130276836696015673.post-4189353744689892552010-03-08T08:51:18.617-06:002010-03-08T08:51:18.617-06:00Wow, I appreciate the memory trip you allowed me t...Wow, I appreciate the memory trip you allowed me to experience.<br /><br />You're a different generation than I and therefore I am a contemporary of many of the women of whom you wrote. At the time that we were young, we never thought that we were making any difference at all. No, I am not Billy Jean King or even Bea Arthur, don't take my words as words of conceit, please.<br /><br />I just remember that on the first Earth Day I was active in student council at my college and we went out and cleaned up trash all around the run down part of the campus. Not a big dent in history, I know, but I was there and immersed in the beginning of EARTH DAY.<br /><br />Because of the people who went before me I was able to set dream goals and know that they weren't impossible. So, let me add my gratitude to your wonderful words. Thank you to the women who fought for my right to make choices concerning my body; thank you to women who fought for the right to be able to become a "working mom" (that term always puzzles me, because all real moms work.) Thank you to the women who made it okay for me to be independent of any man (financially, emotionally, intellectually.) Thank you to the women who showed me that it didn't matter what religion, skin color, political affiliation, or sexual preference a person chose. What matters is their actions and interactions with people. <br /><br />Sugar, thank you again for reminding me to look back so that I can appreciate the present and the future. Once again, your words are truly a gift that I treasure.<br /><br />Your furry friend.Truth Ferrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472512360373689979noreply@blogger.com