On the other side

My friend cribs about her tough life in a sales job, her monstrous boss and unfair incentive schemes. Clearly, she does not enjoy her job - nor did I. But being conversant with something helped me navigate the downturns better. I steer the conversation to what she’d like to do – lounge around in pyjamas, … Continue reading On the other side

Puppies

HIGH I see them jumping highchallenging their own dwarfnessnot accepting defeathoping to touch the targetand one day they do-my puppies have climbed the bed today LIGHT They are the light of my lifeBringing love and happinessI get carried away in their excitementReprimand them for damaging thingsSmiling when they don’t obeyWistfully, I long to have that … Continue reading Puppies

Taking Back Our Power

Taking back our power ….. by Susi Bocks

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Inspired by Reena’s Exploration Challenge #271 – Embrace Equity &
Moonwashed Weekly Prompt #133 – Conversant

all women are conversant
with the inequality befallen their sex
millennia of injustice
every generation fighting

all human beings
if they’d only embrace equity
acting as a collective
what a glorious world we’d be living in

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All We Ask

All We Ask …. by Diana Coombes

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Reena’s inspiration this week is https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/03/09/reenas-xploration-challenge-271/

#EmbraceEquity a theme for National Women’s Day, which was yesterday.

Equality

Embrace being female, equality, battle for equity

equal pay, rights, is all we are asking. The same as

men, not better. We strive to make a better life for all.

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Equality and equity for all women, and disabled people!

Equality and equity for all women and disabled people …. by Carol Anne

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I am disabled

And I am a woman

I deserve equality

And equity

Most disabled people

And even most women

Don’t get this

But we should!

I strive

To inform

The world

That

Women are strong

Its not the end of the world

To be disabled

Disabled people are strong, too!

Please treat all women

And all disabled people

With respect

With equity

And as equals

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #271 – Reena Saxena (wordpress.com)

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Equality in Everything

Equality in everything —- by Jim Adams

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Does making things equal for everyone go against the law of survival of the fittest?  If everything were equal in this world, what would happen to competition?  Motivation is a driving force of human life and without it, nothing would ever be accomplished.  In Animal Farm, George Orwell said that “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.”  Power is always abused and there is no such a thing as an honest politician.  Most people are destined to be followers because they lack ambition and the determination to be in charge.  It has been said that “Equality is giving everyone a shoe.  Equity is giving everyone a shoe that fits.  Justice is when we don’t need to give everyone a shoe because they can get their own shoe and that shoe will fit.”  Equity is the quality of being fair and impartial and that is more…

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #271

Welcome back! It has been a wonderful week for me with outstanding contributions to RXC#270. The links are posted in the weekly wrap below. Another highlight was a conversation with Susi Bocks. She needs no introduction on this space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_yN28sXCb0 She came up with a bright suggestion that the theme for next week's prompt should … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #271

Bleach me

bleach metill you see my soul-shed imposed colourshistory, cultureexpectationsunrecognised mutationssuppressed motivation push that ladder awaydon’t use it to build your positionCaesar’s wife can be her own selfyour honour needs to be your ownyour thoughts, words and actionshun the movement frompossessiveness to possession bleach metill you see my souland I see yoursin black and whitereal, not … Continue reading Bleach me

International Women’s Day

Momoetry ….. by Nicole Smith

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Today we celebrate International Women’s Day. We’ve come a long way, but there is still much that needs improved. People throw around the word feminist like it’s a bad word. The definition of feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of equality of the sexes.  Not considering women’s basic rights is outdated and backwards.  Expressing disdain for feminism shows your true colors and how you feel about the women in your life.  

Let’s celebrate International women’s day by going out for drinks. It’s 2023. As a woman I still can’t get too drunk because if something happens, I could still be blamed for being intoxicated. We must watch our drinks to make sure something is not slipped into them. We have to watch what we wear, instead of wearing what makes us feel comfortable or makes us feel beautiful. We are judged on the outfit, given personality…

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