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
