"Faux Feminism"

Palin's Fake Feminism. She uses the word to gain popularity among women, however the issues she supports and the ideology she adheres to are actually the Opposite of feminism.

Check out this article.

http://http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052802263.html

YBOR City, Tampa FL

Tea Party Sucks

In The WORDS OF A GREAT, LATE FRIEND JC, "QUIT BEING SUCH A TEA-BAGGER!!!"

Sleeping Beauty

"I know you
I walked with you once upon a dream.
I know you
The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
Yes, I know it's true
that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once
the way you did once upon a dream"

Natalie Wood

"I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done."

"My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later."

LOST

Sometimes I think it's much more fun to be lost
Not lost in the way you were in high school
Not lost in a negative way, but in a marvelous way
Because when you are lost there is so much to find
so much to learn, so much to hope for, so much to discover
So much beauty to find new, so many people you've never seen
So many new ideas and thoughts just waiting to be thought of
If everything had gone as planned in life, how boring that would be
How uneventful, how much I would have never learned
Ahhh to be lost, and to have someone who enjoys being lost too.....

-Christiana C

LOVE

I love Bill Maher. Brilliant and Funny

"Democrats in America were put on earth to do one thing: drag the ignorant hillbilly half of this country into the next century, which in their case is the 19th -- and by passing health care, the Democrats saved their brand. A few months ago, Sarah Palin mockingly asked them, "How's that hopey-changey thing working out for ya?" Great, actually. Thanks for asking. And how's that whole Hooked on Phonics thing working out for you?"

Bill Maher

My Own Little World..

Sometimes I feel like i belong in a completly different world than that of which we live in..and i'd only allow a limited amount of like-minded people to live in this other world with me. -Critter

Led Zeppelin

"Then as it was, then again it will be, and though the course will change sometimes, rivers always reach the sea..."

"Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you're wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn't love you anymore. "
— Lady Gaga

"I used to walk down the street like I was a fucking star... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth."
— Lady Gaga

International Women's Day and Women's History Month, March 2010

Happy International Women's day and Women's history month. From so many men, I hear things like, "Why don't we get a day, why do women deserve a day?" While I understand the question, It makes me wonder how much the average American has studied history. Women did not have the right to vote until 1920! As a 26 year old, educated, young professional, I can't imagine not having that right.
You learn a lot about a society by simply looking at the history of it which has shaped where it is today. Yes, women have come a long way since 1920. However, the fact that so many people seem to have a problem with a day and month dedicated to the struggles women have had to overcome tells me that we still have much further to go.
I intend to help lead my generation of women even further along so that we can help change the paradigm of American society to be one that see's men and women as equal human beings. While there are obviously differences between the sexes, we are both human and deserve the same rights and respect. Education is one of the most important steps in this. Thanks, and happy international women's day to you all! :)

What are we doing women??

At times it seems nearly impossible, even for an intelligent, confident woman like myself, not to wish we had more or were more or looked like more. As much as we, semi-empowered women seem to say we love who we are, we are our own individual person, we are "true to ourselves, or we are "real," a lot of times..maybe we're not. Maybe we're still just trying to reach this un-attainable standard of beauty...which is anything but authentic.Even if we do think we are beautiful..i feel like we are always looking for ways to be more beautiful. However, do we all admit this..ever? No! Maybe we aren't being "real" or "true to ourselves."
Why else would the market for women's beauty products, diet pills, and expensive brand clothing still be in such a high demand...even in a recession?
Why do so many women still feel the need to try to lose weight when they look great already. Why do they still feel the need to parade around wearing clothes and bags with the brand name printed all over it so that everyone else knows that they paid a lot for it. Maybe hoping that another woman will see it and become jealous. Does that make us feel better about ourselves?
Why else do women hate on eachother or become jealous. Why do we say things like "i'm not friends with girls, only guys," or say to eachother things like, "i'm fat" or "i'm on a diet" or whatever. I do it too, so I am not blaming other people, but I include myself in this rant. At what point do some of us stand up and say "shut the fuck up all ready!!" ??

--Christiana C--

Expendables Lyrics

"And even though we're a little bit older

The truth is colder

Got to work, got to work, got to work, ….got to make that money

I hope its something

Cause were not the only ones

Who can make this happen

The current is so strong

And I can’t fight no more

And how I long to be on

that stable shore

If we could only step outside the shade

And in the games we play

The threat of uncertainty

Has carried me out to sea

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. ~Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, 1905

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Positive talk

Check it out...http://community.feministing.com/2010/02/the-power-of-positive-talk.html

Bigotry

Bigots suck...and there are a lot of them in this country! Do me a favor bigots and go get an education....an open mind is very hard to achieve, it is proven in social psychology that it is much easier for our brains to think in prejudice ways and compartmentalize groups than to think outside the box...but in reality e...ach human being is quite complex..no matter their race, gender, culture, or class. --Thank you:)

C. Wright Mills, American Sociologist

"Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both."

"The first lesson of modern sociology is that the individual cannot understand his own experience or gauge his own fate without locating himself within the trends of his epoch and the life-chances of all the individuals of his social layer."

"Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions."

Good Music: "The Expendables"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPyClNoZ1I4

"Reality is Wrong, Dreams are For Real." -Tupac