Monday, September 14, 2009

The Idea

Sooooo lately (and by lately I mean the last few months) I've really been thinking about getting involved with Women's Issues. I think girls ROCK and I wish that more girls felt that way about themselves. Heck, i wish i felt more that way about myself. It is a lot easier to think other people are more awesome than you. But usually i just feel like we're all pretty neat.

Anyway - I've checked out various organizations and what not and it seems that anything currently established as a "Power to the Women" type of organization is, well, just that. Sickly feminist and pro-abortion all ov
er the place!! Now, i'm all for having opinions but I'm also all for being a part of something that you believe in ONE-HUNDRED percent, which is why i can't associate myself with certain ideals, promoting unmitigated feminine dominance.

I have found solace in the Women's Services office at BYU where i can sign up to mentor an adolescent girl here in Provo. I also would like to volunteer to run a week-long "Love your Body" event on campus where girls can get together, wear free t-shirts and feel good about themselves, who they are and where they're going.

However, I'm still appalled at the social media, what it promotes and what it says about women. I'm disgusted by the pornography industry. I'm nauseated at the thought of domestic violence toward women (and men for that matter, but that's a different story.) And I wish women all over the world knew just how incredible we all are, individually and together.

This is where my idea comes into play:

Instead of fight this fire with protests, petitions and all that sort of unreliable and ho-hum hoo-ha, I wish to begin to start my own small chapter in this world to do my own bit of good. I want to start a blog. Maybe this blog will become a magazine and maybe that magazine will become a TV show and maybe these things will some day influence the world for good. Who knows. But for now, I'll start with a blog. And this blog will be dedicated to strong, amazing, normal women who are normal-sized, who promote good, normal things and are beautiful in every way because they do what makes them happy.

Once a week this blog will highlight one woman, who she is, and what she does that rocks. As this blog would hopefully gain a following, there would be a place to submit names, pictures, and descriptions of ladies who should be interviewed and spotlighted. And perhaps we could find comfort and inspiration in reading, even just once or twice a week, about women who seem to be like us and are powerful and unique in their own way.

What do you guys think? Should i go for it? Do you think people would respond and be willing to be interviewed and participate?


15 comments:

  1. Do it, sis. You'll be as cool as Post Secret someday.

    Slash, I want to help, because you're cool and you have cool ideas. I like to be associated with your coolness.

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  2. Go for it! I love it. 100%. I would fully support it and follow it! :)

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  3. One of my magazines is right up this alley--> http://www.wasatchwoman.com/

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  4. Lizzy I think it is a remarkable idea...I say go for it!

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  5. I think that's a great idea! I'd follow it.

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  6. Sounds like a fabulous idea!
    -Jane

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  7. Here's what I think. I love you. And I love the woman you have become. And I love this idea so much. And I love it because it is so YOU. Thank you for being in the world. And thank you God for allowing me to have her as my daughter.

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  8. Thanks for your comment! This post has totally been stuck in the back of my head since I read it. You should do it! And I would love to be involved with something like this. Women need to know.

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  9. if you know julie, you're pretty much cool and fantastic.

    also, YES. i want to be involved with whatever it is you're doing! i feel so strongly about this. email me? brittanyaustin17@gmail.com

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