So...there hasn't been much to say. But now there is:

Let's talk about lady presidents.

It's a pressure weighing down on us and one of the unadressed goals of feminism. An almost unsaid goal: Get a female president, then you will achieve equality.

But I don't believe in equality, because equality has the connotation of sameness and that makes life bland. The idea that everyone is the same is a Communist one. I want people to feel that way. If I can get people to equate equality with Communism then the post Cold War instincts recieved from our parents will drive us toward the negative. Then we will stop feeling this way. Equality will never happen and it is a useless ideal. The sooner we get rid of it the sooner we can move on.

Being born female, I do not have the luxury of men to disregard feminism, though I have tried. I have to face the issue of my gender and address my own beliefs before I can act against equality. I've read it. Linda Nochlin, Barbara Solomon, Sojourner Truth and Sylvia Plath. I've read some, probably not enough. I've talked about it in culture, in art, in regards to Comunism. First generation, second generation. I've read about pornography as violence and opression against women and I've seen Suicide Girls make it their own. I've seen people refuse bras, not shave their legs and proclaim their wombs the center of their being. I've seen women who seek to be men, and men who praise strong women. I've been subject to catcalls, insults, heckling, stalking, politeness and chivalry. I've felt loved, pretty, sexy, despised, ugly and hated by men. I've felt fear and I've felt confidence. I have been removed from men, too shy, too terrified, too confident, too smart to date. As for my beliefs? My femnisit beliefs? All I say is three things: 1. Opression has two parts. The opressor and the opressed. 2. Men and women should not seek to be equal, no one should. We should all seek to be our best. 3. If you don't want to be looked down on, treated like less or given less, then don't be.

A woman president? That would be swell. But only if they're elected for the right reasons. Don't elect someone just because they have a vagina, elect someone because you agree with their views, because you believe they can best represent your country. Do not look at them as female, do not look at them as male. They aren't white, black, latino, male, female, transgendered or otherwise. If your ideal candidate happens to be female then fine. If they happen to be a Republican and you're a Democrat, that's ok too. I know these things will never truely be seperate from our goals, but we can hope and we can try.

Herr God, Herr Lucifer
Beware
Beware.

Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air
Thylacine 6"x8" Monoprint on BFK Reeves White with etching inks (c)

2007