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Today's prompts conspired to inspire me to go into full angry feminist mode (definitely not the fun kind.)
The April PAD Challenge prompt asks participants to write a "forgive" poem.
My poem begins with the line "forgive me if my continuing demands."
I couldn't get into today's prompt from NaPoWriMo, which asks participants to try writing a short poem (or a few, if you’re inspired) that follows the beats of a classic joke. However, I fit in the "joke" theme by impressing upon the reader the fact that feminism is no joke to me.
I also make it clear that by feminism I do not mean third-wave, choicey-choice, show your tits for a cause, slutwalk, "sex work is empowering" fauxminism. I mean real, uncompromising, for the purpose of emancipating women from male-dominated and male-oriented power structures feminism. I mean the kind of feminism fueled by rage at the biases women still face. I mean feminism that has the courage to say the word WOMAN. I mean feminism that is committed to making the world a better place for females. I mean feminism that has the courage to say what needs to be said, even if it isn't pretty or might piss people off.
That's the kind of feminism I've been supporting since 1973 when I was just eight years old. That's the kind of feminism I'll support to my dying day, and beyond if there is a beyond.
~Ornery Owl is Still Fighting the Good Fight For Women's Rights~
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