tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138115961972902942.post4597292260412543240..comments2024-03-27T21:31:56.674-04:00Comments on The Quotidian Kit: Pro - Your Ability to Do What You Need to DoKitti Carrikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02673202543914324582noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138115961972902942.post-29575185501468926142018-09-13T11:07:53.509-04:002018-09-13T11:07:53.509-04:00Kitti CarrikerSeptember 13, 2018 at 10:04 AM
“If y...Kitti CarrikerSeptember 13, 2018 at 10:04 AM<br />“If you were wise enough to know that this life would consist mostly of letting go of things you wanted, then why not get good at the letting go, rather than the trying to have? These exotic revelations bubbled up involuntarily and I began to understand that the sleeplessness and vigilance and constant feedings were a form of brainwashing, a process by which my old self was being molded, slowly but with a steady force, into a new shape: a mother. It hurt. I tried to be conscious while it happened, like watching my own surgery. I hoped to retain a tiny corner of the old me, just enough to warn other women with. But I knew this was unlikely; when the process was complete I wouldn’t have anything left to complain with, it wouldn’t hurt anymore, I wouldn’t remember.”<br />—Miranda July, from her novel "The First Bad Man"<br /><br />also, quoted here:<br />https://onbeing.org/blog/the-breaking-and-the-blessing-of-motherhood/Kitti Carrikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673202543914324582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138115961972902942.post-75994820199158217272017-07-07T11:23:34.949-04:002017-07-07T11:23:34.949-04:00"If feminism means that I wish the same oppor...<br />"If feminism means that I wish the same opportunities in life for my daughter as I wish for my sons, then I am a feminist and proud of it."<br />~ Clodine<br /><br />Thanks to Martin Niboh for this reference:<br /><br />https://www.worldpulse.com/en/voices-rising/stories/cameroon-my-father-became-accidental-feminist<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/martin.niboh/posts/10154665807170976Kitti Carrikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673202543914324582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138115961972902942.post-13436533329466504652012-03-08T16:48:53.491-05:002012-03-08T16:48:53.491-05:00What a great post to celebrate this day for women ...What a great post to celebrate this day for women everywhere! I really loved the video, too. Thank you, Kitti. :DPaula Lee Brighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052008552293902834noreply@blogger.com