HISTORY, POLITICS, RELIGION, AND FEMINISM

History, Politics, Religion, and Feminism.

They are all synonymous anymore.
Well, they combined politics and religion without asking a long time ago (and even more so lately), but I'm learning more and more and more that all four are inseparable.

Disclaimer: I was raised in a culture that did not encourage truth seeking.

If you live in North America, you've grown up in a culture that doesn't encourage truth seeking but some instances are more extreme than others. I was one of those instances.

Do not confuse this with intelligence, however. There are many a geniuses out there who's brains utilize more than 20% of their energy, but never find the actual truth buried in history's presentations. I for one, have managed to finish 5 years of college with a GPA a smidgeon away from 4.0... does that mean I know many truths? Hell no. In fact, thanks to my culture, I'm just starting to learn anything.

I feel like a child who still believes that there is a fucking Easter Bunny.

And I'm hurt, because I was a sucker for so long and all of my friends knew first and I acted like a loser trying to convince them that it existed while they laughed. Did all of the kids know before me? Why didn't someone in my class tell me the truth? Are there still more kids like me that believe in the Easter Bunny? These are the questions that race through my freshly shattered brain.

Except, not about the fucking Easter Bunny. 

I like that spell check accepts fucking as a real word. Anyways.

So we've all grown up in this fact hiding world where the fake is projected and the truth is buried.
And I have come to deduce that A LOT of people still have no idea what the hell is going on.
There is a maddening lack of consciousness and I know this for a fact. Wanna know how?

Because women still hate their bodies. Because plastic surgery is still a thing. Because religious beliefs are considered moral grounds for laws and policies. Because we blame Indian Nations for not being able adapt to modern culture. Because we STILL celebrate Columbus Day. Because Women still make 77 cents to a mans dollar. Because "Conspiracy Theory" is a bad word. Because every single person considered a minority isn't beating down the door of the legislators/senators/congressmen/policy holders. I know this because here in America (and other countries too) white supremacist racist domination and imperialism is considered normal.

There is a stunning lack of ignorance round these here parts.

"My environment was painstakingly constructed by conquistadors, explorers, slave traders, imperialists, bible writers, capitalists, strikebreakers, Puritans ’n’ Christians, military heroes, politicians, Jesus hijackers, blockbuster movie producers, ad cats, CEOs, masters and slaves, hunters and prey, victors and victims, and one mustn’t forget the endless variety of civic propagandists, coincidence theorists, and yes- nancies who toe this massive, massive line of historic and contemporary oppression." -Inga Muscio

Makes you wonder a little huh?

So, I'm teaching myself with tools not handed to me. I'm leaving the very warm and cozy area of my life called naivete, opening my eyes, taking my hands off my ears and allowing myself to be scared shitless in exchange for a little liberation. I think it will be worth it. I cannot put a price on self confidence, social understanding, body love, life purpose, and empowerment.

Remember when I toldja what I was reading? Yeah, that's on hold.

I have a stack of 16 books that I've selected to be part of my crucial and decisive search for information. I've chosen them very carefully making sure to weed out the drivel and extremist opinions. Only the facts please ma'am. And your opinion is okay too, because I'm intelligent enough to tell the difference. I wanted to share this laaaaarge stack with you because maybe you'll feel like picking one up and seeing what all the hullabaloo is about. Or maybe you'll just bookmark this page and at some point later revisit it for a book recommendation. Whichevs.

Autobiography of A Blue Eyed Devil / The Feminization of American Culture / Jesus and the Lost Goddess / Guns, Germs, and Steel / Awakening Your Goddess / Codependent No More / The Dance of the Dissident Daughter / No Turning Back / Cunt / Full Frontal Feminism / The Beauty Myth / The Nine Parts of Desire / Sex for One / Weaving the Visions / Women and Religious Traditions /  The Ages of Faith / A Girls Guide to Taking Over the World / The Feminine Mystique

I am very educated in the consciousness I am deviating from. I've literally taken credits upon credits of classes on "Cultural Imperialistic Bullshit" and passed every single one. I've even taught those classes myself; I was a Bullshit Scholar and I know what it all means. It's STILL a hard and severely uncomfortable road for me. But so far,  its also exciting, validating, educational. Worth the temporary pain for a life void of bullshit.

So yes, I'm a consipracy theorist.

And Columbus was a good guy. Johnny Apple Seed wasn't a business man, America didn't exist until we got here, Jesus is white, "whore" was never a compliment, slavery was inevitable, Benjamin Franklin was monogamous, and preventative care is a waste of money.

*smirk*

Tell me your thoughts, stories, and book recommendations...
Please?