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September 10, 2004 So You Say It's Cuz I'm a Chick...
I often hear people say how the biggest demographic to benefit from affirmative action is white women. I've not done the research to back this up (nor do I plan on doing so), so for now, I'll just believe it on an educated guess. I've stated before that affirmative action is not a deal-breaker for me politically, but whatever (relative definition of "whatever": it gets mucky). The 24-year-old Mary Katherine Ham of the Heritage Foundation, had some choice words during a run-in with a former DNC rep (she refers to him as DNC Brad) on the patronizing nature of the Democratic Party's platform regarding women and discrimination. I so couldn't touch this subject with a 50-foot pole. I work for a company that is probably 70% female. And I might add, VERY female. Once during a formal lunch meeting, a colleague of mine poked fun at a guy because he "sat at the girls table". I quickly retorted, "(Insert Company Name) is a girl's table". If anything, the men in my company are the ones in need of affirmative action, but that's another subject. Ham does raise some good points and questions about what the Democratic Party has to offer a 24-year-old working woman, wishing to advance social classes, "[...]Just to make sure I understood correctly, I ran over his points. I need the Democratic Party to help me move up in life. I can't be expected to do it all by my little lonesome. And why not? Because I'm a girl. DNC Brad had a slightly sheepish look on his face. He had just let slip one of the most blatantly sexist things I'd ever heard in person, and before I repeated it, had apparently been secure in the fact that he occupied the moral high ground. I explained to Brad that I simply don't believe I need the help of men like him and the government to make it in life, nor am I up for forking over my tax dollars to cheapen my achievements with a special set of girly rules. And so our conversation ended, a polite parting of ways."I can concur with the fact that few people (although I can name a skanky few) truly like having their merit, ability, and background questioned simply because of their gender (or for you modern-day types...their sex). Pulling statements directly from the 2004 Democratic Platform, Ham, takes issue with three key statements in regards to women:
I have to say, I'm with Ham on this one. I have my own issues with certain truths that seems to follow (or preclude) women in the workplace, but all that can usually be worked out by analyzing pop culture and trends (more on that later). Women fight an uphill battle in many professions and that's not to say we don't have to work twice as hard sometimes to be recognized as more than "just a pretty face". Even then, some still don't get the recognition they deserve. It's a good thing people shouldn't be concerned with the accolades of men (spoken as the all-encompassing humanity). Be that as it may, I refuse to subscribe to the idea that I need some sort of "special help" to get from where I am to where I'm supposed to be. I don't serve a puny God.
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 "...playful philosophizing" Dan Leroy, National Review Online
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I love being a chick (by the way, I'm allowed to call myself that, but certain others are not ). There is nothing else I'd rather be. It's simple, girls rule. Guys rule too, but for other reasons I'll discover later on in life--hopefully not too much later if you know what I mean. Point being, I embrace the fact that being a woman is not a curse, a vice, or a stumbling block, it's one of the best things that ever happened to me. As a woman, I also happen to live in one of the most progressive countries that pretty much allows me to do whatever I so desire to become successful in life.
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A diamond is she, shaping of lines casting a light beyond her smile, I know her breath and the curve of her nose. Behold of what you see. Fragrance hath she, love and gentleness always of...
Of what? Perhaps of me? Capable of being debated. If you dismiss any intellect and absorb it as spoken from God's heart. Me then me is "Christ"
I have been reading your blob. Impressive. In your biography you speak of your awaking to live your life for Christ, or God as you phrase it, yet from your expressions, quirky anti-opinions and conservative wrecking ball, I sense a relunctance to speak the expense of what Christ has lead you to become, I don't think you are only a spectator, you have a strong voice. Sprinkle a salt on the barbie and after a bowl of Lucky Charms and or perplexities of His imput, His stamp on your life. (Testimony)
Toss it out there.
Give a 46 yr. old African-American, 11 year writer/director, a native of Seattle the opportunity to truly hear a word or work of "His"
standing today and what the Christain church is doing to lead our society as I we it today. How He reflects the molding and shaping of being a chick, the woman Ambra Nykol.
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