Excellent information and thoughts as usual, Mona. However this exchange had, I think, an unintended, but positive effect on me:
"....a white woman who said she had spent some time in Egypt, asked me what she could do to help Egyptian women fight female genital mutilation (FGM).
“Nothing,” I replied. “Egyptian women are fighting already…
Excellent information and thoughts as usual, Mona. However this exchange had, I think, an unintended, but positive effect on me:
"....a white woman who said she had spent some time in Egypt, asked me what she could do to help Egyptian women fight female genital mutilation (FGM).
“Nothing,” I replied. “Egyptian women are fighting already, Why do you want to help women thousands of miles away instead of right here in your own state? Do you know how many abortion clinics have been shut down in Texas?”
The reason this hit me is that it reassured me. I am a person who wants to change things and fight for what's right. In "Diana World" I was letting those women down by not paying attention to the practice that has always bothered me. I am an activist & I have always been a #feminist. All women are important to me. This gave me permission to keep up the good fight on the home front, and I am not letting any women down in any other country. Silly, but when you want to change the world, this kind of thinking can happen. Love the newsletter!
Excellent information and thoughts as usual, Mona. However this exchange had, I think, an unintended, but positive effect on me:
"....a white woman who said she had spent some time in Egypt, asked me what she could do to help Egyptian women fight female genital mutilation (FGM).
“Nothing,” I replied. “Egyptian women are fighting already, Why do you want to help women thousands of miles away instead of right here in your own state? Do you know how many abortion clinics have been shut down in Texas?”
The reason this hit me is that it reassured me. I am a person who wants to change things and fight for what's right. In "Diana World" I was letting those women down by not paying attention to the practice that has always bothered me. I am an activist & I have always been a #feminist. All women are important to me. This gave me permission to keep up the good fight on the home front, and I am not letting any women down in any other country. Silly, but when you want to change the world, this kind of thinking can happen. Love the newsletter!