The Mundane Artist

"NATURAL RESOURCES  4.  Could you imagine a world of women only,   the interviewer asked. Can you imagine   a world where women are absent. (He believed he was joking.) Yet I have to imagine  at one and the same moment, both. Because  I live in both. Can you imagine,   the interviewer asked, a world of men?   (He thought he was joking.) If so, then,   a world where men are absent? Absently, wearily, I answered: Yes." -The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich (Poems 1974 - 1977). 

You know, it's been a while since feminism has been in existence. The word was coined in the 17th century. So yes, it's been here for a while. When we talk about feminism, somehow, it is more likely to be linked to something major. Which is not wrong. But you know what's wrong? When you don't apply it in real life scenarios that includes YOU,YOU and YOU. Let me elaborate. As someone who just graduated from high school, I am someone who has observed it, witnessed it and done it too. You'd be lying to yourself if you didn't overtly demean a fellow girl (who may be your friend, classmate, acquaintance, etc.) because you didn't approve of her choice or you were jealous of her.  I am not asking you to go all chummy with every decision or every person you come across. You have your opinions and you are entitled to them. You can suggest. But when does this suggestion or opinion become a judgement? When you demean or belittle them. When you use abusi...

I want to live...  Not to be killed in the womb,  But to be embraced by the hands of many.  I want to live...  Not to be looked at in disgrace,  But to appreciate my grace.  I want to live...  Not to be locked in a house,  But to be educated.  I want to live...  Not to be married off at a tender age to a strange man,  But to be married whenever I want to, to the man I love.  I want to live...  Not as a burden,  But as one who can carry the burdens as he.  I want to live...  Not to watch others play,  But to play myself.  I want to live...  Not to be raped,  But to be loved.  I want to live...  Not in danger,  But in safety.  I want to live...  Not because my place belongs in the kitchen,  But because my place belongs in this world.  ...