A Strong Woman

[sheshe2]

“If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.” ~ Sojourner Truth



A strong woman has faith that she is strong enough for the journey, but a woman of strength has faith that it is in the journey that she will become strong


http://samuelwirawibawa.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/if-the-first-woman-god-ever-made-was-strong-enough-to-turn-the-world-upside-down-all-alone-these-women-together-ought-to-be-able-to-turn-it-back-and-get-it-right-side-up-again-and-now-they-is-ask/











Bullseye!



Three hundred plus views and 12 RECs on a post about women in DU. Really? That is the support we get here? This is not even a controversial post, yet it is ignored.

This shows our strength, our spirit and our unwavering determination to survive. We are Alive! We are indeed Alive. And we will fight with or without your help. It is much easier with our fathers and husbands our brothers our sons , yet we have walked this line alone so very many times. We will survive!



We are underwater here. We are rising yet we need you to fight with us too.

[url=http://postimage.org/][img][/img][/url]

[Cha]

1. Mahalo, she~

[sheshe2]

4. Hey sweets~

Good to see you Cha.

[Cha]

15. Brilliant OP, she.. as per usual!

[AverageJoe90]

2. Good post, sheshe2. Love the pics here. =)

[sheshe2]

3. Thanks AJ.

Women are fricking amazing.

[sheshe2]

5. ...

[sheshe2]

6. As women...

[sheshe2]

7. Stand up!

[sheshe2]

8. Anyone on DU supporting women?

[sheshe2]

9. Sisters!

[sheshe2]

10. Women Rising!

Damn we are beautiful!

[sheshe2]

11. Powerful

[sheshe2]

12. Silence is a Crime

Is anyone here? Where is your voice?

[A Little Weird]

40. I think the problem is the time you posted

A lot of otherwise worthy posts drop out of view just because of timing. For what it's worth, I like the quotes and graphics you chose.

[sheshe2]

51. Thank you, A Little Weird.

[sheshe2]

13. ....

[sheshe2]

14. Rise

[defacto7]

16. Spectacular journey, sheshe2

and a proud one.

I'm willing to learn whatever is important to understand from women's wisdom and strength.

That's my hope.

D7

[sheshe2]

18. And I love you for that.

Thank you defacto!

We are incredibly strong and so very proud.

[joshcryer]

17. Wonderful post she, who is the girl shooting the arrow?

I have seen that CGI before but can't place it at all. Looking for something good to watch tonight.

[sheshe2]

20. Thank you josh!

I have no clue. MADem posted it to me a while back.

I found it again here.

http://giphy.com/gifs/wjpMEL9Yga8Vy

I just love that gif!

As for me...I'm looking to go to sleep. Have a great night josh.

[joshcryer]

24. I found it! Pixar's "Brave":

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/

Thanks! You too!

[longship]

19. Happy to support strong women.

Actually I would term it:

Happy to support that women are strong.

R&K

[sheshe2]

21. Well said longship.

[sheshe2]

22. Yes or No?

[sheshe2]

23. We Are

[napkinz]

25. ...

[sheshe2]

28. Then we have Victory!

Thank you napkinz!

[Luminous Animal]

26. I won't rec it. A lot of white and a lot of faith. And stupid Disney.

[sheshe2]

29. LA...

A lot of white and a lot of faith

What the hell is that suppose to mean?

And you just dropped in to take a dump here? Wow! Hope you were able to relieve yourself to your satisfaction. Please flush and wash your hands before you leave.

[Luminous Animal]

31. You expressed concern about the lack of recs. I gave you my personal reason why.

Disney? I never allowed my daughter to watch that racist misogynist crap. And when she did, at her own volition, went to see the movie "Cars" with her friends, the all walked out because of the racist stereotypes.

Yay daughter! Yay friends! And now, in honor of them, I leaving this thread,

[sheshe2]

34. You are calling me a racist for this post?

You sure as hell don't know me.

Disney? I don't watch TV and I don't go to movies.The last time I watched Disney was when it went from black and white to color.

Excuse me for being alive, LA.

[freshwest]

70. Sojourner Truth... And it's not even February anymore. That's the one I love best.

Whatever it takes one to get through HELL, I'm all for it. Those who haven't been, good for them, I won't tell them what to think or how to live.

Part of her life story is in what may or may not be the most accurate version of the famous 'Aint I A Woman?' speech delivered at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio, on May 29, 1851.

Marius Robinson, who attended the convention and worked with Truth, recorded his version of the speech in the June 21, 1851, issue of the Anti-Slavery Bugle:[7]

One of the most unique and interesting speeches of the convention was made by Sojourner Truth, an emancipated slave. It is impossible to transfer it to paper, or convey any adequate idea of the effect it produced upon the audience. Those only can appreciate it who saw her powerful form, her whole-souled, earnest gesture, and listened to her strong and truthful tones.

She came forward to the platform and addressing the President said with great simplicity: "May I say a few words?" Receiving an affirmative answer, she proceeded:

I want to say a few words about this matter. I am a woman's rights. I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that?

I have heard much about the sexes being equal. I can carry as much as any man, and can eat as much too, if I can get it. I am as strong as any man that is now.

As for intellect, all I can say is, if a woman have a pint, and a man a quart – why can't she have her little pint full? You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, – for we can't take more than our pint'll hold.

The poor men seems to be all in confusion, and don't know what to do. Why children, if you have woman's rights, give it to her and you will feel better. You will have your own rights, and they won't be so much trouble.

I can't read, but I can hear. I have heard the bible and have learned that Eve caused man to sin. Well, if woman upset the world, do give her a chance to set it right side up again.

The Lady has spoken about Jesus, how he never spurned woman from him, and she was right. When Lazarus died, Mary and Martha came to him with faith and love and besought him to raise their brother. And Jesus wept and Lazarus came forth. And how came Jesus into the world?

Through God who created him and the woman who bore him. Man, where was your part?

But the women are coming up blessed be God and a few of the men are coming up with them. But man is in a tight place, the poor slave is on him, woman is coming on him, he is surely between a hawk and a buzzard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t_I_a_Woman%3F

Yes, we and others are still coming up and if we do not win, humanity itself, by not loving all of each other, could lose everything, freedom, liberty and our future.

It's not about one or the other, or a reasons to fight each other. Those are the tools of the ones who profit from our willingness to hate each other. They are laughing. Will we keep on playing the roles they want?

[sheshe2]

72. Oh my dear freshwest.

Yes, I have read what Sojourner Truth said. And yes it makes me cry to read again. Such a strong and brave woman.

Yes we are still coming up and yes we keep getting pushed back. Days I feel it will never end. Yet I really truly believe that we are being heard, softly. I believe that our voices are rising I believe that people are hearing.I believe.

Be Heard
2014 and for all eternity.

[cali]

27. in your own words, what is your concept of a strong woman?

[sheshe2]

30. my words are in the pictures....

how hard is that to understand cali? and the words in the quote and the magnificent video that you probably never bothered to watch.

and my words in the OP that you probably never read.

This shows our strength, our spirit and our unwavering determination to survive. We are Alive! We are indeed Alive. And we will fight with or without your help. It is much easier with our fathers and husbands our brothers our sons , yet we have walked this line alone so very many times. We will survive!

what more do you want cali, shall i bleed for you? you came in to snark. mission accomplished. bye bye.

[cali]

32. sorry, it just reads like sloganeering to me. cliche ridden. And no, I don't want you to "bleed

for me". I'm not fond of drama queen antics. I am partial to thoughtful. No snark, but I don't find much of that in your op.

I suspect your idea of a strong woman diverges from mine on several critical points. I am deeply suspicious of sloganeering and cliche use.

[sheshe2]

33. really? good for you.

i await with baited breath for you to post the reality of what you see a strong woman to be.

you had to come here at 5AM and take a dump just like luminous animal did. goddess forbid you let one ounce of spirit pass by without stepping on in and grinding it under your shoe until it's dead.

soooo....yikes. please tell me in your wisdom what i should say and how i should say it. so incredibly sorry that i caused you such stress in your suspicions of me. i humbly await your vaulted opinion, you obviously are far wiser than i.

I am deeply suspicious of sloganeering and cliche use.

you are a very sad mean spirited woman.

[cali]

36. I'm not the one that wrote about you "You're a very sad, mean spirited woman". You

are the one that spit out that personal attack. what does that say about you?

I don't see what you posted as illuminating. I'm sorry but I don't.

and btw, my friends, including the many adults I spent time with as children, would laugh at your claim about me. that's the last thing they'd say about me. Need a ride? I'm there. Need someone to talk to? someone to help out? glad to do it. I rarely say no.

Strong women come in as many shapes and sizes as women do. They share some common attributes. They are gutsy without being self-righteous. They don't do false bravado. They don't hold fast and tight to preconceptions and are willing to let new ideas illuminate their minds. Strong women think for themselves. They maintain a sense of perspective and a sense of humor. Strong women look beyond the surface. They are willing to examine their beliefs. They don't go along with the crowd for the sake of expedience or because it's easier. Strong women grow and develop throughout their lives.

That's some of what I believe. I still have no clue as to what you believe constitutes a strong woman.

And without being mean spirited, the phrase is "bated breath".

[WorseBeforeBetter]

50. The personal attack was allowed to stand, 3-4.

I am woman, hear me roar.

[cali]

38. I can't resist- and btw, as a dear friend of mine says

"you have a remarkably resilient spirit". This friend is someone frequently quoted in certain "touchy feelie circles, though that's not his fault. In any case, there are few people whose opinion I value as highly, so yes, I think I'm a strong person and a strong woman.

here's what I can't resist: You started the nastiness. My initial post simply inquired "In your own words, what is a strong woman"? I asked, sheshe, because I was curious. You responded.... nastily. I then responded that sloganeering and cliches aren't of value to me. And they aren't illuminating. I prefer someone expressing things in their own words.

I have. You have not.

[sheshe2]

61. I can't resist either.

I have a BA in fine art. I have always expressed myself in pictures, in art. I don't think how a person expresses themselves is either black or white.

There is no right or wrong way to show expression.

EOM

[Cha]

35. Your OP isn't for the suspicious, she.. it's inspiring and encouraging for

the rest of us, though. We're fortunate to have First Lady Michelle Obama as an amazingly strong woman as a role model for young women right now!

“If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.” ~ Sojourner Truth..

Sojourner would not believe the crap that's going on now with the gop war on women everywhere. She'd be out inspiring women to get out and VOTE the draconian idiots out.

[sheshe2]

37. Damn I love your positive spirit, Cha.

As I do Sojourner's quote.

Seems I am to white????????????????And post Disney's

racist misogynist crap

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025215052#post31

WTF is wrong with this place? Damn it! I have to go and I have to do it now.

Talk to you soon Cha. Thank you.

[Skidmore]

41. We are on our way!

[sheshe2]

42. Thank you Skidmore.

[steve2470]

43. kick and rec ! nt

[sheshe2]

45. Thanks steve. :-)

[bigtree]

44. I love these positive expressions, sheshe2

. . . I also look forward to the critics on this thread's posts outlining what they view as a 'strong woman'.

I, too, await with baited breath.

[sheshe2]

46. Hey bigtree........

thanks for your support, yaa and send me a link if you see them before i do.

[treestar]

47. Nice collection

Thank you she she

[mcar]

48. Beautiful

[niyad]

49. k and r and thank you for this wonderful thread, she.

not surprised at the controversy, of course.

[sheshe2]

52. :-)

[Half-Century Man]

53. I am male, and tell my daughters to define themselves, not to be defined by a male/partner

Dakara, I will not be so presumptuous as to offer a definition of a strong woman here, I lack certain qualifications.

One to one. As a single male to every single individual woman, I ask.
Do you feel strong? If so I'll support you and count on your support for myself.
If not, what help do you need? I will do my part large or small. But, I cannot make you strong; you must do that.
If I am in your way, just tell me. I was raised to help those I perceive as weaker than myself. In my zeal to act as taught, I may not realize me being in front isn't shielding, but obstructing. Point that out and I will move.
If you are stronger than I, can I count on your support? Sometimes I need it.

[sheshe2]

55. Your daughters are very lucky to have a father like you.

Your words are beautiful.

Thank you, Half-Century Man.

[Half-Century Man]

56. Thank you, but I found a few gaps in the message.

corrected now.

[sheshe2]

58. Well done! eom

[freshwest]

71. Beautiful, thank you.

[Hekate]

54. This 30th Rec's for you, She

[sheshe2]

59. Thanks hekate.

[Uncle Joe]

57. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, sheshe.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

60. DU Rec

[Agony]

62. my hero is An Unreasonable Woman

http://www.chelseagreen.com/authors/diane_wilson/

she is probably pretty strong as well...

[sheshe2]

64. Thanks for that link.

Diane Wilson looks like one awesome lady!

Thanks Agony, I bet she is, the picture tells a lot.

[Agony]

65. She is fearless when it comes to what she believes in.

however after seeing that you called Cali "a very sad mean spirited woman" I am not interest in a colloquy with you or your opinion on anything in general.

[billh58]

63. K&R!

Great post.

[Harmony Blue]

66. I will rec this thread

I am 100% behind the idea of self empowerment.

[snooper2]

67. Jesus or God or whoever was an asshole as far as women are concerned-

sub-thread start here-

[ismnotwasm]

68. K&R

[ismnotwasm]

69. Kick for exposure

And awesome pictures