What do you ladies think of this quote? This reminded me of you, VCoe, for your latest post. I'm sure that as feminists and activitists, we all get tired. We start questioning why we choose stress over sleep and protest over play. Right now, we're in our 20's. The prime of our life. Where will we be in 20 years? What will we be doing? Still working, still fighting? Where will the world be? Still fighting, still struggling?
"I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad." -Thoreau
Also, at church during the petitions this morning, one 70-something-year-old white man said in a slow but strong voice to the entire congregation:
As a born-and-raised Catholic, that statement really means a lot to me. Feminists sure do come in many different forms. I wanted to throw up snaps in church, but I wasn't sure if that was appropriate.
"...this Mother's Day, let us pray for the women... for if women are strong enough to give care and even give birth to Jesus, then certainly they are able to be priests and bishops in the church -- for this, we pray to the Lord."
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the 24th, caro and i are going to newman at 10am, if anybody wants to join us.
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