A sort of meandering column on what it means to be a feminist.

I suppose the problem on the anti-abortion versus pro-abortion front is that you can’t have it both ways. And both sides say they are defending women. I know I am: defending a woman’s health, her wholeness, her potential, her acceptance in society with or without children.

The problem is that those who defend abortion say exactly the same thing.

Animal Freedom Day is coming up on July 24. Apparently animals are saying: “Don’t eat me!” This is very pressing, especially considering July is the height of BBQ season. So many will gather around steaks, ribs slathered in sauce, peach chicken with a hint of soya, salmon on cedar planks…

Where was I? Right. Animal Freedom Day.

Unfortunately, I will not be around. Hate to get all sanctimonious on these folks, but I’ll be away with World Hope Canada–call ’em Human Freedom Days–at this time. But consider buying a t-shirt to celebrate?

In the Globe and Mail! Yes, the Globe and Mail:

And meanwhile for you, refuse to play the part of the whining, insecure girlfriend who debases herself by waiting around for a guy who regularly makes her feel like the least important part of his life.

I have played this part. And I have friends who have played this part. It’s quite common. And really, there need be no drama. A guy is either into you, or he’s not. And if he’s not, his loss. If he is, you should not need to wait for him. (By the phone. On Christmas Day. Not that that’s ever happened to me.)

Maybe there is a hidden pro-life message in this ad. So what? Seems to me churches can and should call it like it is (and abortion is morally wrong, though you would hardly know it by attending church these days) whether or not there may be a political takeaway.

The Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform on the streets again, this time with some neutral, fair coverage.

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Winning women in California, Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina.

For our purposes here at PWPL, both are very successful and very wealthy, but Whitman is pro-abortion, Fiorina is pro-life. It’s a good start, anyway. (Whitman will come around.)

All $1.5 billion dollars of it.

This article is such a relief to read. A relief, I tell you. This has been my point all along: we are layering western politics over the developing world.  And when Melinda Gates speaks, people listen.

Bold is mine:

Please be advised that the Standing Committee on the Status of Women adopted the following motion from the Hon. Anita Neville at yesterday’s meeting (June 7, 2010):

“That the Committee examine: (a) the climate change impacts on women, and their adaptive and mitigative capacity; (b) the manner in which a gender perspective should be included in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of national environmental policies, in particular strategies related to the impact of climate change on women and the allocation of resources with respect to sustainable development; (c) whether a gender-based analysis of Canada’s policies concerning climate change and sustainable development has been conducted, and if so, its conclusions; and (d) Canada’s role in ensuring that a gender perspective is included as part of the international community’s response to global climate change.”

I eagerly await the results. Particularly regarding my adaptive and mitigative capacity. (Filing under “Crazy out of touch with the average woman.”)

Marni Soupcoff in today’s Post on how today’s rebels sit on the right side of the spectrum.

Left wingers have their causes, yes. But “differently-abled lesbian Asian women” are officially the norm. By all means, keep fighting the good fight, I say. Today this amounts to fighting for yet another major corporation to come out with a gay character in an ad. It is so brave! to be gay and eat a McDonald’s burger or shop at IKEA or drive a Hyundai or a Subaru, now affectionately dubbed The Lesbaru. Oh, one thing: When corporations start placing gay people in their ads–it’s because there’s profit to be had by doing so, an obvious reflection of just how mainstream some of these “brave and courageous” causes actually are. Try criticizing Islam. Try speaking up for Israel. Hey–try getting a major corporation to speak out against abortion.

I’m just saying. (Here ends the rant.)

This item manages to be very graphic without graphic language. I winced twice while reading it and had to look away from the screen, actually. Question is, why?

I think because it brings together all the evil that is abortion into one piece. A statutory rape. A young girl alone. The “boyfriend” working to conceal it. A pregnancy ended in a gruesome fashion in a country where the “safe” and “friendly” kind are very much available…

I’ll grant not all abortions are this evocative. But making abortion into this easy, banal thing is a severe avoidance of the facts at hand, every time.