i wasnt gonna bother but maybe i should. maybe i should.
history is so often about choices. its about how we choose to remember. and whether we remember at all infact.
womans day is not a day pulled out of the air. its not another one of those. its not about buying anything. no one has to buy anyone pink candy or balloons. its not about doing anything one would normally not do. its not a once off. its not not about debated gestures. its not about that. i think to look at it in this way is to miss the point completely. its not about what should or shouldnt be happening. its about what it is.
its a chronicle. testament. it is about a specific moment in time. when something significant happened here. when the women of this country marched to the union buidling in defiance against an oppressive system. more specifically against pa** laws. 9 august 1956. it may not seem so big today because so many things have changed are changing that make some of these things seem light. the women then had far less rights. rights to themselves even. rights to their own self determination. what they did that day was huge. huge in so far as women were even more disenfranchised and affected under the sytem. they got up and did something about it. they a**umed the power to. they gave it to themselves.
so it may be that it matters not whether you make your woman breakfast in bed today or treat her with the respect that may be due to her on an everyday basis. its not really about bestowing really. what todays purpose may be is that of reminder to women in our society who are so often stuck or disempowered in whatever way as single mothers. rape victims or people trying to improve their lives. that they possess the force and the strength unto themselves. most importantly that they have their place in society. thats its there. its not something someone gives you. its something you have.
what is being celebrated here is not women as in need of anything. its a celebration and an affirmation of a strength that is already in existence. the gift of a legacy that should remain in our memory.
and i would wish all women a respect of self.
