Syndromes

Just wondering why is it when women express some sort of strength, power, rebellion or act outside of what we are “supposed” to, it’s labelled as a syndrome?

Battered-women syndrome...what else is she supposed to do? Sit there and take his shit all the time? Is she not acting logically?

Violent-girls syndrome...what the eff is that anyway? When teenage boys are being violent and getting into fights it’s a normal part of them turning into men...why the double standard?

This fucking bullshit pisses me off!!!

Phenomenal Woman

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Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.

I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size

But when I start to tell them,

They think I'm telling lies.

I say,

It's in the reach of my arms

The span of my hips,

The stride of my step,

The curl of my lips.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

I walk into a room

Just as cool as you please,

And to a man,

The fellows stand or

Fall down on their knees.

Then they swarm around me,

A hive of honey bees.

I say,

It's the fire in my eyes,

And the flash of my teeth,

The swing in my waist,

And the joy in my feet.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

Men themselves have wondered

What they see in me.

They try so much

But they can't touch

My inner mystery.

When I try to show them

They say they still can't see.

I say,

It's in the arch of my back,

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style.

I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

Now you understand

Just why my head's not bowed.

I don't shout or jump about

Or have to talk real loud.

When you see me passing

It ought to make you proud.

I say,

It's in the click of my heels,

The bend of my hair,the palm of my hand,

The need of my care,

'Cause I'm a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That's me.

Maya Angelou

Why a Feminist Mafia?

""Because a woman's work is never done and is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious and we're the first to get fired and what we look like is more important then what we can do and if we get raped it's our fault and if we get beaten we must have provoked it and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches and if we enjoy sex we're nyphos and if we don't we are frigid and if we love women it's because we cant get a "real" man and if we ask our doctor too many questions we're neurotic and or pushy and if we expect childcare we are selfish and if we stand up for our rights we are aggressive and "unfeminine" and if we dont we're typical weak females and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man and if we dont we're unnatural and because we still can't get an adequate safe contraceptive but men can walk on the moon and if we cant cope or don't want a pregnancy we're made to feel guilty about abortion and..... for lots and lots of other reasons...(I)we (am) are a part of the women's liberation movement"

Audre Lorde- excerpt from "Sister Outsider" - The Crossings Press, 1984