{"id":4491,"date":"2017-01-21T10:14:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T18:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2017-01-21T17:41:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T01:41:59","slug":"just-to-sit-still-would-be-a-sin-victoria-01202017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=4491","title":{"rendered":"Just to Sit Still Would Be A Sin \u2013 Victoria \u2013 [01\/20\/2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"What if I\u2019m a sinner? I ain\u2019t exactly alone It\u2019s my body, and my body ain\u2019t Nobody\u2019s business but my own I know what I\u2019m doing I know who I am If you\u2019ve got a problem? I don\u2019t give a damn!<\/em><\/p>\n

~ The Life<\/p>\n

For centuries people have tried to tell us who to be and who to please. People have tried to tell us who we are and who we should be. Be prettier (but not too pretty), be smarter (but not too smart), be proud but don\u2019t advertise, be yourself but don\u2019t be intimidating. And whatever you do, don\u2019t let yourself be different. That might get you noticed, and after all you don\u2019t want to rock the boat. If something happens to you you must have been asking for it.<\/p>\n

And so we stand by, learning to be silent, trying to figure out just who it is we\u2019re supposed to be.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m not just talking about women. I am many things, and woman is only one of them. I\u2019m also LGBTQ (yup, rainbow and proud, take it or leave it), I\u2019m an artist, I\u2019m \u2013 as best as I can be \u2013 an environmentalist, I\u2019m a Pagan. I am a myriad of things. I am lucky enough to be born Caucasian, so I know nothing of the struggle that so many have been plagued with, but I feel deeply for those who are all too familiar with that battle. I do not speak for them, that\u2019s absolutely not my right, merely stand with them.<\/p>\n

The thing is, we are tired of the sidelines. All of us on the fringes, all of us who have been pushed to one side because we\u2019re just a little bit different, or just a little bit outside the socially acceptable norm, or who happen to identify differently. Everyone that society has trodden down on whatever level.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re done.<\/p>\n

Totally and utterly done.<\/p>\n

Women have fought for centuries for the right to be seen as equals. People of Colour have fought for centuries to be seen as *human*. LGQBT have fought for decades to be seen as natural and normal. Current events (and proposals for future events) have pushed those fights to the limits, hard fought for rights are being revoked, equality stands to be striped, people are in danger of being dehumanized, we stand on the threshold of the cultural world turning back centuries. And if someone doesn\u2019t stand up and do something about it before it gets momentum, then it will be too late.<\/p>\n

And I, for one, do not intend to sit and let that happen. Nobody should. So you can\u2019t do much, it doesn\u2019t matter, do something. Support your local artists, even if it just means going up to someone and telling them \u201chey, you\u2019re awesome\u201d, go to a theatrical production, shop at an arts market. Donate to a woman\u2019s shelter, donate to a museum, sponsor a child, sponsor a grandmother, donate to planned parenthood, read the newspapers (the REAL papers, not the fake ones) find out what is happening,
\neducate yourself, enlighten yourself\u2026do something. Because if enough people do something then things change in spite of themselves. The thing is, big changes happen if no one does anything as well, but I guarantee you, you won\u2019t like the outcome as much.<\/p>\n

Do something.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow afternoon, at least 2 million sets of feet will hit the pavement. Those footsteps will echo worldwide; we will not stand for tracks that push us backwards. We will not stand silently by and watch the world fall.<\/p>\n

We will fight. Not with guns, not with violence \u2013 because those have been tried and they help no one and hurt many. With actions, with words, with the statement of OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE for one cause.<\/p>\n

Our wombs. Our relationships. Our choices. Our Body. Our orientation. Our career. Our love. Our laughter. Our religion. OUR RIGHT.<\/p>\n

A woman\u2019s place? Is wherever the hell she wants to be.<\/p>\n

We will not go back to the darkness.<\/p>\n

And I will stand. By. My brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n

And if you think \u201cOur father in heaven\u201d is bad, just you wait until MOM gets home!
\nPeace out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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