April 22, 2004

March for Women's Lives

I will not be going to the March for Women's Lives this weekend, and I'm a little embarassed about that. I could claim it's because I'm 3000 miles away, but there are such things as airplanes so all I can say is that I'm a procrastinating slug.

Those of you who are going, you'll need something to sing. I love the song Battle Hymn of Women, but I do think it's a bit outdated. So here is my gift to you, two new verses:

You pile up your millions but you stand on women's backs,
You send our children off to war and send them back in sacks,
You think you've got it figured but you'd better watch your backs,
For women's time has come.
Move on over or we'll move on over you,
Move on over or we'll move on over you,
Move on over or we'll move on over you,
For women's time has come.
You sneak through legislation meant to whittle at our rights,
You think that we won't notice 'cause you think we're not that bright,
But we're standing up, we're speaking out, and if we must we'll fight,
For women's time has come.
Move on over or we'll move on over you,
Move on over or we'll move on over you,
Move on over or we'll move on over you,
For women's time has come.
Sorry about that lame reuse of "backs" in the first verse, but I really wanted to use both those phrases.

I also want to remind the organizations planning the march not to forget where we've been and what our great-grandmothers knew -- we need to remember the intangibles as well as the things like legal rights and money when fighting to make life what it should be for all.

Peg Kerr has created a gift for a new generation of young women, and young men too -- a virtual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. I'm embarassed to say that my (generally socially responsible) company is not participating this year, but I have written about my job on Peg's site. You should go do that too! Posted by dichroic at April 22, 2004 12:39 PM

Comments

I'm really excited to go--it's really important and, selfishly, I've always wanted to march on Washington.

Posted by: Natalie at April 22, 2004 04:23 PM

The tiny, tiny font hurts my big, big eyes.

Posted by: ladyloo at April 23, 2004 09:28 AM

I like that font better. I don't know why I found it so hard to read. It was the same size as on my site. Maybe the colours? The site looks great, btw. The photos on the splash page are fantastic.

Posted by: ladyloo at April 23, 2004 10:32 AM
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