I Am Me

Friday, January 20

Welcome to Friday, kids! It's the end of week 6. I have 4 more weeks, plus a final or 2 (maybe I'll voluntarily take the Sociology Final...) Yep, that's right, folks: I graduate in just over 4 weeks!

Here's the scoop. In my math class, I've been earning a rather solid B. Woo-hoo! Also, I've written a 1 page paper for the Sociology class (Contemporary Social Issues) - got an A+! I'm randomly studying Queer Theory in my spare time. I love college. I have access to so much information!

Here's something I was not-so-randomly thinking about during soc class today, in regards to a brewing pro-choice vs. pro-life war on campus:

Should Voices (the reproductive rights group) and feminists in general take the position of anti-death penalty?

• Many "pro-lifers" are also pro-death penalty.
• During "Sanctity of Life Week", should we illuminate a roundabout way of "combating" their pro-life stance?

Should Voices allow themselves to be a politically active and politically-identified group?

• As part of the feminist identity movement, some exclusion is necessary, or identity is moot.
• What kind of "politically-active" are we talking about?
• Can we, as a college group, exclude certain people, or encourage a politically-charged environment that might be hostile to certain people?
• There are pro-choice people who are also pro-death penalty. To take an
  anti-death penalty stance may risk excluding some pro-choicers. Can we
  afford to lose membership?

Should Voices take a stand, in order to stand FOR something, or should it just be a support group for men's and women's reproductive rights?

• When can support be construed as action?
• When can being politically inactive be construed as a lack of support?
• By attempting to please everyone, you please no one. Shouldn't we at least please some of the feminists/pro-choicers rather than attempting (and failing) to please every single one of the feminists/pro-choicers?
• At what point, who gets to judge who's a better feminist or a "more qualified" pro-choicer?
• At what point, who is in a position of authority to judge for inclusion/exclusion other feminists?

This is where "over-compensation" comes out to play.

• Why not just keep it simple? Just fight for information, facts, and let people make up their own minds. Isn't that what Choice is for?
• Choosing to make up your own mind, and not deciding for others that they need to be pro-choice.
• To (weirdly) quote Fox News: We report, You decide.

I wonder what life, choice, and information will be like in the year 3000...

Kim 8:28 PM |

Monday, January 16

Kim 7:25 AM |

Friday, January 6

Well, here's the good news, people. Despite all the little errands and things that simply have to get done that keep pecking at my head, well, I am still feeling rather centered these days. I know myself better, and I'm more willing to allow a lack of definition for my Self, and allow growth in every direction. I'm comfy with that. I'm comfy with my choice of friends. I'm comfy with (most of) my family.

I'm just feeling rather grateful that I feel so comfy with so many areas in my life.

Yay!

Kim 9:54 PM |

Tuesday, January 3

So, Happy New Year, everybody. I had a thoroughly relaxing break, and I'm ready to be back at school. It's the 4th week, of 10 weeks, and then the final exam. I can do it!

Kim 8:50 PM |