Very Important Date

I think we chose a great date for our wedding.

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Don't you think, ladies? On our wedding date:

1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote
1970 – The then new feminist movement, led by Betty Friedan, leads a nation-wide Women's Strike for Equality
1971 – the US Congress declares this date an annual Women's Equality Day

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Once Mr. Candy Apple and I decided on a date, I figured I should probably google the date, and check facebook to see whose birthday will share our anniversary. Am I the only person to do this?!

I like to think that my subconscious, feminist self chose this date specifically for the above reasons, and that each time we celebrate our anniversary, I will silently cheer on and toast the women who fought so that I could obtain an education, and work in the profession that I do, and earn enough to support myself, and decide for myself whether or not I will change my last name, and feel a sense of self-worth and empowerment.

Did you choose your wedding date for any particular reason? Were there any sentimental associations with your wedding date? Did you find out later (like me!) that there were fun (or maybe not-so-nice) coincidences with your date?

.family.

.for some reason, bristol palin's teenage pregnancy is incredibly ironic.

i know it is terrible for me to chuckle at a family's embarrassment and, some could say, misfortune, but it just seems so fitting that the teenaged daughter of the republican vice presidential hopeful is five months pregnant.

this obviously gives sarah palin the chance to pander to staunch social conservatives by espousing her anti-abortion views, but it just seems laughable to me that this would come up right on the heels of her candidacy.

i applaud the family for being so supportive of bristol, i do - apparently she has decided to keep the baby and marry the baby's father. but really, what else could they, or she, do? nothing. if she had done anything else, it would have imploded the republican campaign. as it stands, it still seems like the situation is slathered in irony - the party that generally promotes no pre-marital sex, etc. etc. has spawned this situation. it is a bit hard to take a tough moral stand when the teenaged daughter of the republican vice presidential hopeful is knocked up.

if anything, this just goes to show that we really do need more/better sex education in the u.s. none of this "abstinence only" education nonsense.

i just hope that the democrats don't start attacking the family, as it will just make them come off as sympathetic victims.

let's see how this all plays out.

.cheers.

.candidate.

.i dislike mccain's choice of v.p.

no, that's not the right word.

i am offended with mccain's choice of v.p.

don't get me wrong - i am more than happy to see a woman in such a high spot in the government. it is great that sarah palin is the second u.s. woman to run on a major party ticket.

but, i fail to see how palin as a running mate would benefit mccain's campaign. it seems obvious that mccain is just trying to pander to the strong hillary supporters. and that is not going to work - for one, palin is staunchly pro-life.

to me, palin is a 'token female' that the republican party threw out there. for god's sake, she was a beauty pagent winner.

she is a member of the nra. she is a strong supporter of drilling in the arctic national wildlife refuge.

in my opinion, she was not the best choice for mccain. as i said, i am all for women in strong positions of power, but those women have to be prepared for those positions of power - or else they perpetuate old stereotypes. but palin has been the governor of a state - teensy in population - for two years. two years. actually, not even. 20 months. that seriously restricts mccain's ability to continue attacks on the lack of experience on the democratic ticket.

her voice also grates on my nerves.

i'm sorry, but when she talked about shattering the glass ceiling, all i could think was that hillary had already done all the smashing for her, allowing palin to rise up through the rubble with her beauty pagent smile on.

and let's be honest - we do need to consider that mccain is 72 years old. 72 years old. should anything happen to him while he is in office, palin would be completely unprepared to take on the presidency mantle.

.cheers.