To All the Women I’ve Never Had a Chance to Know

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FEMINIST FRIDAY – WOMEN WHO HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD

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Since Sunday brings us a brand new calendar year, I thought it might be fun to look back in history and read about women who changed the world. I hope you enjoy the list and lets make 2017 the year we continue to go out and change the world for the good of all BECAUSE WE KNOW “WOMEN ROCK”.

WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD

A list of famous influential women, including women’s rights activists, poets, musicians, politicians, humanitarians and scientists courtesy of Biography on line.

Sappho (circa 570 BCE) One of the first known female writers. Much of her poetry has been lost but her immense reputation has remained. Plato referred to Sappho as one of the great 10 poets.

Cleopatra (69 BCE–30 BCE) The last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra sought to defend Egypt from the expanding Roman Empire. In doing so she formed relationships with two of Rome’s…

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So You Want to Wear a Safety Pin

Good information for those choosing to wear the safety pin.

What a Witch

Great. This is a necessary behavior in the face of the election of the most overtly racist, sexist, xenophobic, anti- gender and sexual minority candidate in the history of the modern United States. You know the rhetoric of his campaign was wrong. It was the very worst thing about America and you want to do what you can to combat the result. Good. Do that.

But don’t do it without a plan. Because the very last thing a tense situation needs is someone full of good intentions but with no knowledge of de-escalation tactics or self-defense. Your intentions are not a tangible shield. If you don’t make a plan, you will get yourself or the person you are trying to defend very killed.

Let’s avoid that.

So make a plan.

Some of you can stop reading now. You have, or know how to make a plan and you don’t need…

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Women Are Gods!

This is a beautifully written piece and as a mother I find it incredibly heart warming as well, your mother is a lucky lady.

An Inviting Piece of the Pie

It’s amazing how inspiration seeks to find you where you least expect it and I couldn’t possibly take a step further into this post without mentioning The Happy Healthy Kiwi’s insightful post The First Trimester.

That being said, as a man I will never know the sensation of what it feels like to carry and usher life into the world and truth be told I’m 110% okay with that as being able to develop, nurture and bring forth life is nothing short of an act of God…and no…you can’t falsely accuse me of blasphemy until you have at least considered what I have to say.

In my life I have been fortunate enough to witness the birth of both my children and it was through experiencing this profound process I realised just how much power a woman holds and what a raw deal society gives to the very…

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