Insomniac's blog

Why is it that on every Valentine's Day all the perky, booby-bouncy gals at my school think they need a boyfriend or flowers or some other bullshit? I mean, come on! Have they never heard of the bra-burning advocates like Gloria Steinhem or Betty Friedan? I'm no uber-FemiNazi myself, but when women put themselves in docile, need-a-man positions, well, as a fellow woman I get a little perturbed. I had the pleasure of listening to a conversation on campus today between two young women. The one was almost bawling because she had no man to celebrate Valentine's Day with. Her friend was trying to console her and offered to take her out for dinner. I couldn't help but thinking that this young woman didn't need dinner, instead she needed a kick in her ass. Men do not define us, well at least not me...too much. I will admit that my Darling does have some say in my life but for the most part I call my own shots.

I decide what I am going to do and where I will go. If he wants to join along then, most times, he is welcome. There is no way I am going to sit idly by while he decides my life for me, and believe me, if he could make all of my life choices he would!

So anyhow, women, suck it up. Do not let yourselves be defined by men and what they do for you. I would encourage you to read this list of people and look them up on Wikipedia. There are strong women out there...be one of them.