I don't usually get political....and this is not political. Why I am pro choice has nothing to do with politics, and everything, EVERYTHING to do with the fundamental right I believe all women have - to control not only their own bodies, but their own destinies.
If I must have a political stance on abortion, it's this: what I do with my body is none of the govenment's business. What the college student in Iowa, the young mother in Indiana, the professor in New York, the rape victim in Florida...what they do is none of the government's business either.
But recognizing that there are those who think it is, that there are those who seek to take away the fragile autonomy that we have over our bodies, our lives, our futures...that is our business.
Use your voice. Or lose your choice.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
She's alive!
We both are, actually - just incredibly, insanely busy.
Me, I'm busy with my job, which since our fiscal year ends a full three months behind the calendar year, gets a little crazy right about now. The last couple of weeks have been chock full of my regular work duties, special projects requiring me to work some overtime, and last minute "oh my gosh this has to happen now!" emergencies.
Oh, and I'm also trying to work on my manuscript every night. Twenty-five pages a week is my goal every week, and there are nights when I don't close the laptop until close to midnight. I'm staying on track, but some nights it's a close thing.
Christine is on deadline. She's due to turn her current manuscript in to her editor on Monday and yesterday she realized she's writing the wrong book. When you look at the outline, realize you're on plot point #12 and nothing has actually happened yet, well, that's not a good thing. Today she told me she pretty much scrapped everything and started over. With three days to go.
I guess she thought she didn't have enough challenges.
So that's what's going on around here. How are y'all?
Me, I'm busy with my job, which since our fiscal year ends a full three months behind the calendar year, gets a little crazy right about now. The last couple of weeks have been chock full of my regular work duties, special projects requiring me to work some overtime, and last minute "oh my gosh this has to happen now!" emergencies.
Oh, and I'm also trying to work on my manuscript every night. Twenty-five pages a week is my goal every week, and there are nights when I don't close the laptop until close to midnight. I'm staying on track, but some nights it's a close thing.
Christine is on deadline. She's due to turn her current manuscript in to her editor on Monday and yesterday she realized she's writing the wrong book. When you look at the outline, realize you're on plot point #12 and nothing has actually happened yet, well, that's not a good thing. Today she told me she pretty much scrapped everything and started over. With three days to go.
I guess she thought she didn't have enough challenges.
So that's what's going on around here. How are y'all?
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