"When you’re treated badly over and over, it affects you and you begin to treat yourself and others that way." @natureofbeing, thank you for this timely post. This sentence resonated with me above all others. I was thinking today how I regret many things I did and the ways I treated others due to my upbringing. We both know the culture of feminism that prevailed at Scripps. I too used to think it was hard core. But I wasn't taking into account such simple things must of us have been fortunate enough to take for granted, namely our sexual rights. I had no idea that 1993 was such a milestone. As an adult and mother, these issues are closer to my heart than ever. We have come so far, but have along way to go still. Loved this one, @natureofbeing. I think that the harder a post is to write, the more it must be written. I hope you find this to be true as well.
I have thought so much about Scripps recently and how on earth it was that I just blocked out the culture of feminism there. Again I think I too took my rights for granted and blindly believed that there was no need.
You speak many true words here "we've come so far but have a long way to go" and "the harder a post is to write, the more it must be" Yup...I NEEDED to write this. In fact I pinned myself to it and wouldn't let myself post about anything else until I did it since I've so effectively not finished any of my other 20 or so writings about women's issues. Probably there will be more to come now that I've broken the ice with myself.