Have You Heard? I'm a Mole! - Democratic Underground

LulaMay

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Wed Mar-19-08 02:02 AM
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Have You Heard? I'm a Mole!

In the past few weeks, certain people on this board who didn't like my posts on sexism have been accusing me by innuendo that I'm some kind of operative with some kind of ulterior motive for some kind of who knows what....a mole I guess.

Well, let me start by saying that I find HILARIOUS the notion of a cabal of radical feminists sitting in a boiler room somewhere writing intelligent and articulate pieces about women's rights.....for......

WHAT evil purpose exactly???

The advancement of women?! The end of sexism? Stopping the daily pain inflicted on women and girls the world over? OH, The horror! The utter mis-representation of it all! What sinister things could such an imaginary group be plotting?

Excuse me, but WHAT f*cking political group ANYWHERE wants women to write as I do about sexism? N.O.W?

I WISH I had that much company.

I did at one time, when the movement got a kick in the pants around Anita Hill. I found myself leading a NOW chapter in the OC. We did a lot, and I was often quoted, interviewed in the Times, Register, etc...and on 20/20 & 48 Hours. My friends and I protested a sexual harassment case in the Newport Beach PD (I was even chosen as one of the 100 Most Influential People in OC that year! Whoop-de-doo). We spoke up for 10 female officers and dispatchers who were being ousted by the city for complaining about it. We showed up at Newport Beach City Hall and meetings every week for months, never letting it go. We succeeded in getting the city to fire the chief and a sergeant. The women got better treatment and settlements.

Then all my friends, who made up the core active group with me, all moved, one by one, to new jobs and families, and my best friend, that smartest woman I've ever known, passed away. The backlash was coming around again in full force, and I moved forward with my career as a costume designer.

I was and am EXTREMELY PROUD of the work we did though. It is the main reason I'm pissed at those who are making such accusations at me. To them I say "What have YOU done in your community? You are cowards, CONVENIENTLY accusing me of being a subversive here while HIDING BEHIND YOUR USER NAMES.

Somebody wrote asking why my profile was hidden. I didn't even know it was, or that I had one. I'm assuming that's the info I gave when signing up. I wrote the admins. about this whole thing. They have my name, and I'm easily identified and checked out. I've been sued and threatened before for protesting though and I usually don't like to make my personal e-mail public.

What else about me? Oh yes. Some of these same people have accused me of being a racist, because I write about sexism (????) and don't support Obama I guess. What a crock.

First off- I gave money to both Obama and Hillary in the beginning. I can send those receipts to the admins too if you like.

I am white, but I have spoken up against racism, fought it since I was a KID. I had a very enlightened mother who taught me well. We lived in the San Joaquin Valley, and supported Caesar Chavez and the Farmworkers. I loved grapes, in fact they were one of the few healthy foods I would eat as a kid, but she wouldn't buy them when the strikes were on, and carefully explained to me why. I learned a lot from her.

I went to a very red-neck HS in the Sierra's. We moved there when I was 10. I'd lived in NY, Tacoma and cities before that. I wasn't used to being around a lot of mountain raised racist kids, but there I was (not all of them were racist of course, but there was a heap of them). It's a given there was a lot of sexism.

I'd hear the worst things, crap 'jokes', etc...and I'd speak up every time. By the time I was a Junior some kids called me "N-lover" and "Women's Libber".

I was on yearbook staff. One day I was looking at a fashion mag and saw a picture of a black girl who I though looked an awful lot like me. I decided to put her picture in place of mine in the student photos section. I told people that I had done it (got away with it too, printed in the book) and why. I said, 'she looks like me'. 'She is like me, just a girl, except I'm white and she's black, and some people here think that means they can treat her like crap'. It was my first real subversive act I think. It was my expression of solidarity and sisterhood. I spoke up about women's rights as much too. My senior year I was nominated for Most Likely to be a "Women's Libber".

Well, those are just a few stories about me.

I post a lot here right now because I've been recuperating from cancer surgery and have the time not working. I sure can't hardly watch TV anymore!

I know that I don't owe anybody here anything, but I wanted people to know that when you think it's cool to spread rumors about a person because you don't like their views, and know it's easy to do in this kind of forum, well, you are a coward, and you hurt people.

But you won't STOP THEM from speaking out.

Cheers.