Courage ....

So after a few days of "Riding the night elephant"* I realized one of many causes was the recent criminalization of being a woman. And that is what the laws which have been passed in several southern states amount to "The Criminalization of being a woman".

We as a nation have a tendency to Criminalize being human:

Criminalize Skin Tones,
Criminalize Identities,
Criminalize Orientations
Criminalize Places of Birth
Criminalize Running for your lives

And now once again The Criminalization of being a woman

Being a woman is NOT A CRIME! Being human is NOT A CRIME!

There are so many memes going around which put the bills in context and show the horrors of them and I am not going to go there right now. Each and every person has the right to make their own choices about their reproduction or lack of reproduction. I really don't know what else to say right now.

So I will take a deep breath, and put on my sword and shield, and continue to fight the good fight. As Lin-Manuel says we are not alone. We are over half the population. You can push us down and criminalize us but we will survive. We are women, We will roar. Have courage.

*Right now for me "Riding the night elephant" fits better than "Black Dog". Elephants are very large and very unintentionally destructive because of their size. The word Night is less racist than using the word Black. And "Rode the night elephant" helps make anyone dealing with mental health issues into warriors.