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January 28, 2008
Feminism in the Age of Now
"What! You're not voting for Hillary? But I thought you were such a feminist!"
If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times. So let me explain why I'm not voting with my vagina…
As a feminist, I believe nurturing and nourishing a world trying to be born is the most effective way to heal the malevolent effects of a world that needs to pass away.
That is why I support Obama.
As a feminist, I believe inclusion is more powerful and life producing than is exclusion.
That is why I support Obama.
As a feminist, I believe tending and mending is a more effective way to deal with the world's stress points than is fighting or fleeing.
That is why I support Obama.
As a feminist, I believe having a vision for what I want the world to become is more important than simply solving the problems that have arisen in the world that is.
That is why I support Obama.
As a feminist, I'm more concerned with creating a world my great, great grandchildren can live in than in trying to make things better for me right now.
That is why I support Obama.
As a feminist, I am convinced that building authentic relationships is a more effective, creative way to build peace than just strategizing to destroy enemies and manipulating alliances.
That is why I support Obama.
As a feminist, I relate more to the honest sharing of a wife who sometimes misses a note, to the too-scripted sharing of a woman who never does.
That is why I support Obama.
As a feminist, I look forward to voting for the first woman President; but when I do, I want her to be one whose positions and policies reflect a feminine worldview.
That is why I support Obama.
As a feminist, I get that masculine armor is not our strength, our ability to love is our greatest power, and our urge to repair is our greatest calling.
That is why I support Obama, pray for him unceasingly, try to strengthen his chances…. and will support whoever wins.
----- Marianne Williamson
Posted by mwblog at January 28, 2008 08:13 PM
Comments
thank you for feeling so deeply and speaking so clearly. Those of us for peace are not against Hillary, we are for the strongest voice for peace. Ive waited so long to vote for a woman president i can wait a little longer for one who brings the goddess of peace energy within her Obama represents a spirit of courage that I have not felt since the 60's. After 40 years of being good citizens, Its time to speak again for the dream we dreamed as children. And I pray that Obama is protected from the men who robbed us of our public voices. Let his spirit of speaking honestly with no malice reach all corners of our nation and touch all hearts of peace.
Posted by: ginokuni ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.mwblog.com/involved/nav-commenters.gif)
at April 18, 2008 10:04 AM
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