Feminism :: Reclaiming Our Body
The female body is much contested territory. It's been the place of pillage during war and is often considered part of the spoils of war. It's how one country hurts another, one man gets back at another, one state controls its citizens through laws that govern female reproduction and health.
It's time that we reclaim our body, take sole ownership and governorship of it. We need to trust ourselves to know what is best for ourselves and our body.
Megan - I love my baby who was conceived by rape.
Megan Barnett was 19 when she was raped while she was hanging out at her cousin's house. She shares her experience of what she went through the night of her rape and her subsequent decisions that led to her giving birth to her baby girl. She recalls spending time with her cousin and planning a sleep over. She woke up without her clothes on and suspected that she was raped. She went to the emergency room where she was examined and offered the morning-after pill. She refused to take the pill when it was offered to her. She explains her choice and what she was thinking about at the time and what the pregnancy meant to her.
We all have that choice, to abort or give birth, once we are pregnant. We should celebrate and protect that hard-earned freedom of choice. Whatever decision we end up making is the right one for us, regardless of the reasons and circumstances behind it. We need to believe in our ability to make that choice. Our choice to abort is equally important to protect as the choice to give birth. We need to be actively involved regarding decisions that affect our future, body, and health.
Dear Ovaries
Gina Moffit sings this original song about her relationship with her ovaries. It's definitely worth watching and listening. She sings about a pain most of us are familiar with, the pain associated with womanhood.
Oh please
I'm on my knees
what happened to make you so vindictive tell me please
goddammit i just wanna...
rip you right out of me
start behaving...
or i'll sell you like meat....
Dear Ovaries
Please stop hurting me...
I'm tired of not being able to breath sleep or eat...
4 x 12 days a year....
I love eggs a lot.
But i don't care too much for my own
I'd like to have kids some day
But damn some of them are assholes...
Some tell me to suck it up
But to them I say...
Don't hate until you ovulate...
Dear Ovaries Stop hurting me...
This is the last time that I'm
Gonna ask you nicely.
So now would you rather be...
Stem cells ?
In an fertilization bank?
A bouncing boy or baby girl?
it's your choice!
And it's not that hard...
it's not that hard...
Just think it over...
Copyright©2007 Gina Moffit
Rudy Giuliani on public funding of abortion
Rudy Giuliani talks to CNN correspondent on his position on abortion. They discussed an interview from 1989. At that time he said, "There must be public funding for abortions for poor women. We cannot deny any woman the right to make her own decision about abortion because she lacks resources."
He believes that it's a constitutional right and that needs to be protected. He supports tax payer funding for abortion.
Hungover Feminist Report #2
Jen's uterus is pissed off at the Supreme Court decision on abortion. The state wants to take control over women's body and take away our freedom and right to control our own body and what life we choose to sustain. Hear Jen and her uterus out. They make a good point.