I have to do a project for my European women's class. I've built my loom and picked my materials already. I've asked to do it on the chapter of the welfare state and women. I've decided to use Alice Walker's poem "Women" from her 1973 book Revolutionary Petunias & Other Poems. If you don't know the poem, here it is:
They were women then
My momma’s generation
Husky of voice—stout of
Step
With fists as well as
Hands
How they battered down
Doors…
How they led
Armies
Headragged Generals
Across mined
Fields
Booby-trapped
Ditches
To discover books
Desks
A place for us
How they knew what we
Must know
Without knowing a page
Of it
Themselves
Friday, October 10
Holly breaks up with Hefner
"It's probably a pretty safe bet to say that Hugh Hefner is the only 82-year-old guy who can break up with a 28-year-old model-actress and already have a handful of replacements ready to beat down his door. But, such is the life of the Playboy king, and he's opening up about his recent split from 'Girls Next Door' starlet Holly Madison."
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oh Lawsy, what is we gonna do!!
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oh Lawsy, what is we gonna do!!
Thursday, October 9
I voted
..early today. There was quite a crowd on Monday to vote so we went early today and didn't have to wait on a voting machine. As we left, there was a large group of people waiting to vote. I'm wondering, if the news stories are right about the large early voting turnout, who'll show up on election day?
BTW-SNL has a weekday update tonight. What are the odds that Tina Fey will show up as Palin again?
mccain and palin are in wisconsin
I won't be going anywhere near waukesha today. the mavericks have ridden into town.
those two are making me ill. apparently i was not the only one who found mccain direspectful
during the debate, as i am hearing that all over the the news and from people i know who watched the debate also. condescending and rude.
those two are making me ill. apparently i was not the only one who found mccain direspectful
during the debate, as i am hearing that all over the the news and from people i know who watched the debate also. condescending and rude.
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