Had someone e-mail me on the text of my last 2 journals and term me a 'rabid feminist'.  There was a lot more than that to the email but suffice it to say the above term being applied to me as a label made me think for a moment (and probably in retrospect re-evaluating my past (an endeavor I go thru with some regularity) the looking backward certainly contributed....hence this blog.

*  Rabid...no not foaming at the mouth or even remotely suffering from that altho the references to me as a female dog may lend some relationship if not credence to me having that affliction.

*  Feminist....um...well I AM female....and I AM concerned (naturally in my mind) with what is going on in the world towards and to women in specific and in general....BUT

RABID FEMINIST?

Now, granted in my early years yes I did demonstrate, I did protest, I did much more for abortion rights, battered and abused women, equal pay and medical care issues than I have done lately.  My only excuses are that since I moved to Texas (and for some years prior to that) my main concern has been earning enough to pay my expenses, followed closely by other issues (age, relationships, health, transportation, etc.).  But at the end of the day...while they are factors they are also excuses....

I want to resolve my financial issues and then move back into the arena of women's issues (not entirely...I am going to strive for some balance.....but in this day and age it has come to my attention that maturity and non-judgemental counsel, knowledge of the options and the legal rights of women (which are not the same as men in most states btw), and the available choices when you are convinced that you have none...to share that, to be part of that for the young women and girls of tomorrow is important to me....

How sucessful I will be in that will remain to be seen particularly in Texas which still has a lot of ....for lack of a better word (good ole boys)....I've still got a lot on my plate and the home front has to come first.

Still and all...I believe that this is one of the goals that the Goddess has presented to me and I need to think a lot more about this one.