Migraines suck
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Yes. Yes, they do. Know what else sucks? When the editorial page of your local newspaper has four columnists write about how awesome it is that Obama was elected - and NONE of the columnists was a woman.
After having a woman make a darn good run for the presidency (and reveling in the fact that there might be someone high up in government who would inject some inkling of the fact that women make up over 50% of the population) it feels especially painful to be poked with that stick. I always noticed things like that before but I somehow thought that after having Clinton and Palin running for high office we could actually acknowledge that women exist.
Nope.
We're still invisible. And frankly, women are a big reason that Obama was elected. Perhaps if Mr. Obama finally does make an effort to bring women's issues to the forefront it will trickle down?
P.S. I strongly believe addressing 'women's issues' will make the world a better place for everyone. And someday 'women's issues' will not be a separate category as if women were somehow different from 'people'.
Yes. Yes, they do. Know what else sucks? When the editorial page of your local newspaper has four columnists write about how awesome it is that Obama was elected - and NONE of the columnists was a woman.
After having a woman make a darn good run for the presidency (and reveling in the fact that there might be someone high up in government who would inject some inkling of the fact that women make up over 50% of the population) it feels especially painful to be poked with that stick. I always noticed things like that before but I somehow thought that after having Clinton and Palin running for high office we could actually acknowledge that women exist.
Nope.
We're still invisible. And frankly, women are a big reason that Obama was elected. Perhaps if Mr. Obama finally does make an effort to bring women's issues to the forefront it will trickle down?
P.S. I strongly believe addressing 'women's issues' will make the world a better place for everyone. And someday 'women's issues' will not be a separate category as if women were somehow different from 'people'.
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I do feel, however, that the presence of Clinton-- and even Palin-- however blasted with misogynistic hate, did make the country more comfortable with seeing a woman in a powerful position, which will be a good thing for the future, I think.
That's a great photo, btw.