The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: women

  • 10 Quotes That Should Piss Off Any Woman With Sense

    What breaks my heart is that this blog entry could practically write itself. “The fact is the Republicans don’t have a war on women, they have a war for women, to empower them to be something other than victims of their gender.” –Republican Mike Huckabee (Gee thanks, Mike. It sure has been no fun being…

  • Gender-Specific Jobs? Pffft.

    It happened again this morning. I was leaving the bridgetender house at the end of the shift, wearing my extremely unattractive uniform and safety vest, and someone drove by and looked at me in shock. Fashion police? I doubt it. For some reason some people don’t expect women to be bridgetenders, as if it takes…

  • I’m Feeling Used

    I saw this meme recently, and now just about everything ticks me off. The reason for my ire is that it really DID make me think of all the businesses that would go under. Look at the contents of our closets. The money I’ve spent over the years, trying to accentuate my positives and hide…

  • The Immigration Issue in Reverse

    Yesterday I wrote about the many circles of hell the average woman on this planet has to pass through. Believe me, this is not the first time I’ve contemplated this topic, and at one point I was doing well enough to consider trying to help. It’s the personal stories that get to me the most.…

  • Who’s the Pig in this Scenario?

    So, the other day I bent down to retrieve something, and heard “Look at the HAM HOCKS on this woman! Woo hoo!” Honestly. I know I have more than my fair share of junk in the trunk, but in what universe would anyone want their posterior compared to that of a pig? It was meant…

  • “End of Discussion”

    More than one man in my life has said that to me, and it always works. For a split second. Because I’m rendered speechless by the arrogance, the gall, the unbelievable nerve that it takes to even conceive of that sentence, let alone utter it out loud. It seems to be part of the collective…

  • A Steady Diet of Estrogen

    “Why do you always forget to clean under the toilet seat?” “Because I grew up in a house full of women. It never occurs to me to lift up the toilet seat.” Only recently has it crossed my mind that perhaps growing up with two sisters and a single mom has left me with certain…

  • Reveling in the Red Tent

    I went to an amazing event the other day. It was for the premier of a movie called “The Red Tent: Things We Don’t Talk About”. This was a ladies only affair, and as well as the screening of the movie, there was a drum circle, belly dancing, handmade jewelry, tarot readings, massages, a raffle,…

  • Make up a Holiday Day

    Yesterday was International Women’s Day and I should have written about it. I’m a bad blogger. Bad! I really should stay on top of these things. These types of holidays are prime opportunities to create awareness about various topics. I’m sure I could have spoken in depth about the fact that 90 percent of the…

  • Am I the Only One Who is Grossed Out by This?

    Every day on the way home from work I pass this billboard. And every day it turns my stomach. Apparently a lot of women must find this image appealing or this company would not use it in their advertising. Let me explain something to you young ladies out there who want to look like this:…