Comments for So to Speak http://sotospeakjournal.org A Feminist Literary Journal Sun, 12 May 2013 13:33:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Yellowstone Social, in 33 Miles around Shoshone Lake by There’s Something I’d Like to Share « floWord http://sotospeakjournal.org/2013/01/yellowstone-social-in-33-miles-around-shoshone-lake/#comment-16550 There’s Something I’d Like to Share « floWord Sun, 12 May 2013 13:33:44 +0000 http://sotospeakjournal.org/?p=1929#comment-16550 [...] “Shoshone” (So to Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language and Art) [...] [...] “Shoshone” (So to Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language and Art) [...]

]]> Comment on I AM WOMAN by Julia http://sotospeakjournal.org/2013/04/i-am-woman/#comment-16125 Julia Sun, 05 May 2013 17:51:42 +0000 http://sotospeakjournal.org/?p=2134#comment-16125 Excellent post! Feminism is about choices. It is about being authentic. I also stayed at home for a few years to take care of my baby daughter and now I am getting back to work part-time. I know I made a difference in her life and I am happy with the choices I made. Excellent post! Feminism is about choices. It is about being authentic. I also stayed at home for a few years to take care of my baby daughter and now I am getting back to work part-time. I know I made a difference in her life and I am happy with the choices I made.

]]> Comment on About by April News Round-Up : So to Speak http://sotospeakjournal.org/about/#comment-15931 April News Round-Up : So to Speak Thu, 02 May 2013 00:29:51 +0000 http://sotospeakjournal.org/?page_id=19#comment-15931 [...] About [...] [...] About [...]

]]> Comment on I AM WOMAN by Meredith Campbell Solano http://sotospeakjournal.org/2013/04/i-am-woman/#comment-15699 Meredith Campbell Solano Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:49:21 +0000 http://sotospeakjournal.org/?p=2134#comment-15699 Sheryl: This reminds me of my struggle over the years to make people aware of the use of "he" whenever animals and inanimate objects are referred to. The funniest one is when people are talking about chickens or cows and still say "he"! What's not so funny is that while girls are forming their awareness of the world around them, language is very powerful. I will never forget when my little daughter Sarah at around age 5 asked me "Mommy, can girls be doctors?" She had apparently only heard of and seen doctors that were men. Immediately, I went out and found us a female physician, and I became much more aware of gender specific language. And this same daughter is now in Med School! Sheryl: This reminds me of my struggle over the years to make people aware of the use of “he” whenever animals and inanimate objects are referred to. The funniest one is when people are talking about chickens or cows and still say “he”! What’s not so funny is that while girls are forming their awareness of the world around them, language is very powerful. I will never forget when my little daughter Sarah at around age 5 asked me “Mommy, can girls be doctors?” She had apparently only heard of and seen doctors that were men. Immediately, I went out and found us a female physician, and I became much more aware of gender specific language. And this same daughter is now in Med School!

]]> Comment on What? You Birth at Home AND You’re a Feminist? by Gretchen http://sotospeakjournal.org/2013/04/what-you-birth-at-home-and-you%e2%80%99re-a-feminist/#comment-15565 Gretchen Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:37:09 +0000 http://sotospeakjournal.org/?p=2138#comment-15565 This line struck me the most and has made an imprint in my mind: "In my mind, it was a clear matter of Choice." I think more than ever, it is the Choice of what we do with our lives as women that defines our being. For example, the old thought of being a stay at home mother was degrading or made us a lesser person, as if staying in the workforce empowered us or served as a tool of equality. Now, the Choice to raise my children and be the driver behind the nurturing of another human is one of the most feminist stances that I can take. I also gave birth at home with a midwife, making all the decisions about my body, my birth, and my child. Empowerment comes with Choice. Thank you for such a great article! This line struck me the most and has made an imprint in my mind:

“In my mind, it was a clear matter of Choice.”

I think more than ever, it is the Choice of what we do with our lives as women that defines our being. For example, the old thought of being a stay at home mother was degrading or made us a lesser person, as if staying in the workforce empowered us or served as a tool of equality. Now, the Choice to raise my children and be the driver behind the nurturing of another human is one of the most feminist stances that I can take. I also gave birth at home with a midwife, making all the decisions about my body, my birth, and my child. Empowerment comes with Choice.

Thank you for such a great article!

]]> Comment on What? You Birth at Home AND You’re a Feminist? by Tali http://sotospeakjournal.org/2013/04/what-you-birth-at-home-and-you%e2%80%99re-a-feminist/#comment-15562 Tali Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:12:44 +0000 http://sotospeakjournal.org/?p=2138#comment-15562 Loved this article! I would be very happy to share my journey to natural childbirth with a midwife! Loved this article! I would be very happy to share my journey to natural childbirth with a midwife!

]]> Comment on Woman At Point Zero by Nawal El Sa’dawi by Megan http://sotospeakjournal.org/2011/11/woman-at-point-zero-by-nawal-el-sadawi/#comment-15388 Megan Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:17:05 +0000 http://sotospeakjournal.org/?p=899#comment-15388 I personally interpreted the ending not as weak or futile but as strength Firdaus has chosen to end her own life and in doing so she holds complete, undeniable power for the first time (something she desires throughout the book). This is seen in so many of those beautiful quotes in the final passage of her identifying what it is that allows her society to enslave her and then letting go of that I believe it is an enormous display of strength and power and perfectly surmises what El Saadawi is attempting to discuss throughout the book I personally interpreted the ending not as weak or futile but as strength
Firdaus has chosen to end her own life and in doing so she holds complete, undeniable power for the first time (something she desires throughout the book). This is seen in so many of those beautiful quotes in the final passage of her identifying what it is that allows her society to enslave her and then letting go of that
I believe it is an enormous display of strength and power and perfectly surmises what El Saadawi is attempting to discuss throughout the book

]]> Comment on I AM WOMAN by Brian http://sotospeakjournal.org/2013/04/i-am-woman/#comment-15225 Brian Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:29:54 +0000 http://sotospeakjournal.org/?p=2134#comment-15225 Your daughter is lucky to have you sharing such important, generational wisdom. A great post! Your daughter is lucky to have you sharing such important, generational wisdom. A great post!

]]> Comment on I AM WOMAN by Aaron Hotlen http://sotospeakjournal.org/2013/04/i-am-woman/#comment-15148 Aaron Hotlen Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:14:50 +0000 http://sotospeakjournal.org/?p=2134#comment-15148 Wow! What a wonderful post. Your daughter could not have been given better advice. More young women need to hear those words from their mothers. Thank you for sharing! Wow! What a wonderful post. Your daughter could not have been given better advice. More young women need to hear those words from their mothers. Thank you for sharing!

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