Enough of the morose mourning over my beloved forests. There’s not a dang thing I can do about it.

So, I’ll move on to an issue that may allow me the luxury of kicking some butt. Heh. Then again, maybe not.

forklift has what he calls the Man School. It’s fully of hilarity, humor, and irony. I loved the installation I read. He cracked me up.

The sad thing, though, is that there are lot’s and lot’s of men out there who think that a woman who has strength, intellect, or a “kick-butt” attitude should be locked away.

Pat Robertson, the esteemed man that he is (*snort*) said, “Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.” My god, if every feminist left her husband, killed her children, practiced witchcraft, destroyed capitalism, and became lesbians we (the U.S.) wouldn’t have 1) many men left, 2) many children left, 3) lot’s and lot’s of witches, 4) no U.S. market, and 5) lot’s of lesbian couples AND same sex marriages and laws that supported same sex relationships.

I was at RiottGyrrrl’s site yesterday and she is trying to get a membership in Heartless Bitch International.

I’m thinking to myself…”Self…why would anyone want to be labeled a heartless bitch?” So, I decided to go to the site and read what they had to say. Heck, I’m sure I’ve been labeled that at least once in my lifetime….might as well see if I’d qualify or if I am really a “nice girl.” Oh, yeah…

They have a manifesto that includes such things as “Are you sick of lazy women who use emotional and sexual manipulation to get what they want instead of using their own brains and muscles?” and “Are you fed up with women who feel they HAVE to be in a “Relationship” in order to be whole, and will sacrifice their self-esteem and personal growth in order to avoid being on their own?”.

I’m going through this list and thinking (again) to myself, “Self, are you truly a “heartless bitch” just because you agree with many of these things? Or are you a woman who believes in being strong, self-sufficient, and intelligent and dealing with situations as such?”

Ok…I never lie to myself so, of course, I said I’m a strong, intelligent woman.

At the end of the Heartless Bitch International page is a notice…and it reads ” Has HBI got you all hot under the collar? Before you run off in a snit, ready to send email detailing the extent of your ire, look up the words “irony”, “satire” and “caricature” in the dictionary….”.

Kind of like the Man School. It made me laugh…

and laugh…

and laugh…