Happy Birthday, kactus
Happy Birthday to kactus at Super Babymama, who is 46 today. She’s observed the occasion with a beautiful tribute to her mother, one of those incredible women who lived “women’s lib” before it had a name. The kind of woman who had the strength to walk out on an abusive man, raise 5 children on her own, educate herself, and build a career in a man’s world.
When women’s lib came around she was an enthusiastic believer, as if finally somebody was putting into words what she had been living. She subscribed to Ms from the very first issue, at a time when just the word Ms was an act of radicalism. I think that feminism, for her, was simply logical; not an ideological point-of-view, but the way she lived her life.
It’s quite a story. Go read it.
One Response to “Happy Birthday, kactus”
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Sara says:
Whoa. That’s the exact same pargraph I quoted on my blog to direct people to Kactus’ post.
January 21st, 2006 at 7:36 pm EST
