What made you smile today?

[Chad]

Spending time with family today so many hugs and kisses.

Sweet hugs from babies.

《Smile》

:cowboy:

[Gemme]

Captain Obvious!

[Gayandgray]

Seeing two big butterflies, one yellow and one orange, and how these flew all around me.:hangloose:

[Talon]

Being back today....it feels good...I missed you guys.💝

[A. Spectre]

A lesbian couple in Natick was targeted, here is how the neighborhood responded


NATICK – Cari and Lauri Ryding always felt welcome on Strawberry Hill Road. Then they came home from vacation and discovered the rainbow flag they had hung after the Orlando massacre had been stolen and their front porch pelted with eggs.

“It really sent us reeling,” Cari said.

But what happened next reminded the couple why they loved the neighborhood in the first place. On Sunday, a squadron of children on bicycles delivered rainbow flags to house after house.

And one by one, the flags went up, transforming a swath of suburbia – more than 40 houses in all — into a brilliantly colored declaration of pride and solidarity, displayed on picket fences, garages, doorways, and decks.

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*We are all Spartacus. :)

[cinnamongrrl]

Hugs and kisses from my residents and coworkers...

And not one..not two...but THREE spontaneous "I love you"s from three different residents...

Happy tears may have ensued..

And

Taking several residents outside to enjoy the perfect weather. They don't get out often enough. They were all so happy to be out in the sunshine. I (we) take for granted the freedom we have as able bodied individuals. Often. Just my opinion .

[Bubala]

A long warm hug... Hys claiming voice... feeling the stress of the work day subside and evaporate in minutes...

[Gemme]

My day's been great so far.

[Gayandgray]

Thinking about the future in a new, positive way and what I might be able to do.:cigar2:

[candy_coated_bitch]

My dad outside working away at the addition to the house.

[Gemme]

A nice phone call.

[easygoingfemme]

Playing pranks that are yet to be discovered. :superfunny:

[Chad]

I was suprised by a gift of Jameson Irish whiskey by a friend for a favor. Yummy.😊 Thanks friend.


:cowboy:

[BullDog]

Well I tried my best to stay really grumpy all damn day long, but sometimes certain people just won't let you! :D

[Talon]

Talking to this old Irish guy this morning at the diner. He had one of those metal mercedes symbols hanging from his walker...so, of course, I had to talk to this guy, and what a doll he was...95 and sharp as a tack...still travels out of state to visit his sisters. He just had such a great sense of humour and warmth about him.
He then tells me the symbol was taken from his car...and I said, "Buddy, if I were a much older lady, you'd be in BIG trouble, my friend."

*And these are the great moments in life.

[SmoothButch]

Tonight on the ride home, I saw a shooting star.

[Lecheloco]

My cat waited until the coffee was brewed before demanding love and a snack, he is vocal and purrs his head off

[SmoothButch]

Took my bike out and rode about eighty beautiful, peaceful miles to wind down this summer.

[Stud_puppy1991]

Hearing from an old flame that I am still friends with was a huge part of it. So has been a few flirty messages.

[TL1]

Unexpected texts


Love getting them..... Especially when they Are funny or sweet.

[Degotoga]

About five hours of kayaking with dopey dog. We explored new places, happened upon a very serene fishing hole, found a nice place to swim, and we scouted out a pretty cool spot for a picnic (protein shake and a peach for me, Scooby snacks for her). It was just what I needed to help me find peace with some things that have been on my mind for awhile. Life is good. :)

[cinnamongrrl]

Running into a sweet girl I went to CNA school with ( while I was dumpster diving no less!)

We made plans to make plans lol. Seeing her totally made my day! (As did the free dresser I scored from the trash heap...;) )

[kittygrrl]

rain last night...music..good conversation..it's Friday..

[Gayandgray]

My dogs :koolaid:

[Blade]

Flea market finds

Also road to the mountain and saw a family of does on the way in and in the campground a really nice buck. The mountain was destroyed a few years ago and deer firings have been rare since then

[MitchM42]

My dogs. My dogs always make me happy.

[candy_coated_bitch]

Cheese. Sometimes it's the little things.

[Gayandgray]

Pulling in the driveway after work and seeing my dogs lined up at the door waiting for me. I looooooove my dawgs!!:cigar2:

[clay]

JellyBean does....:):hangloose:

[LoyalWolfsBlade]

BFP did today. Well to be completely honest my curiosity while on BFP did. For it lead me to a couple of members profiles where I of course read their about me section. Whenever I do that something there almost always makes me smile. Whether it's thier relationship status, favorite quote, or signature some of you are rather inventive, intelligent, and creative. So you made me smile and I appreciate it.....

[Zimmeh]

Having a great day at work. I have been alone for three days now and the residents are very sweet. Talking to them is fun and you learn a lot about their lives.

Coming home to a envelope full of postcards, both new and vintage. Made my day even better!


Zimmeh

[Gayandgray]

The dogs at the kennel :koolaid::koolaid::koolaid:

[FireSignFemme]

ferret's post - "CIJS - What the hell am I thinking, that I actually deserve to be treated with respect. It's no wonder I'm not fond of the human race."

Actually more than just causing me to smile it made me laugh - I believe we all have moments like this and the key when it's happening is to remember even though it might not seem like it at the time, in reality, these things rather than sticking around forever tend to come and go in waves. Hang on, ride the crest - sooner or later things will level off, smooth out. It's the only option because if you fight it, let it get you down best case scenario it's going to only get you no place fast and worst case scenario - wipe out. The older I get the more I realize better to just brace myself and going with the flow, ride the wave. Though it always does feel like "this crap is never going to end" when it's happening, in reality it never actually really does last forever. Sooner or later something has got to give and until then :hangloose:

[cinnamongrrl]

Going to my daughter's place and having a hard cider with her.

Helping her boyfriend get a good flame going on the grill

Coming and smelling like a campfire...it must be in my hair since I changed clothes already.. :)

[Gayandgray]

Seeing my precious little dog be carried out to me in the waiting room at the vet's office today. :hangloose:

[Bèsame*]

When my Dad shows up in my dreams.

[LoyalWolfsBlade]

A rare glimpse of natural beauty within city limits. Two beautiful bald eagles...one chasing the other of its perch on a telephone pole.

[Gayandgray]

My boss telling me he is very willing to work with me with my schedule at my full time job, my spouse's Doctor appts, etc. so I can get all the hours I need at the kennel.:cigar2: And he wants me to train people tomorrow!!

[Blade]

An interesting phone call

[Talon]

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[Kätzchen]

Listening to a private Playlist of songs by Peter Gabriel, Sting, Bono (U2), and Hope Sandoval.

[clay]

thoughtful people...cards in the mail....

[Gayandgray]

Dogs! My own three and the dogs at the kennel where I work. :hangloose::hangloose:

[Liam]

The falcon who was hanging out on the roof of a nearby building last year, returned with a mate. It was fun to watch them play in the air. That smile lasted four hours! ;)

[~ocean]

tonight's presidential debate made me smile ALOT lol

[Kätzchen]

I don't know what's up with traffic lately, but today I decided to let others turn onto streets or merge into traffic. I think some of them were totally surprised that anyone would let them turn or join the traffic flow. Whenever I got a smile, I gave a lovely smile too.

[Shystonefem]

Someone cheering me on today.

[Chad]

Coming home to love and happiness.

《Smile》

:cowboy: :bow:

[Lecheloco]

The meeting yesterday, being greeted with a hug by the owner and him watching my every reaction to what was being said. He really trust my experience and knowledge, nice when your input is valued

That and the rubber band shooting war we got into
So I have suggested that we schedule to do some team building activities that are fun, so we will be booking rooms and doing panic room adventures also laser tag the minions against us 3 honchos

[Bèsame*]

Promoting the 3rd manager this year. Telling my newest one, she is getting way more than we thought!

[LoyalWolfsBlade]

My 16 year old niece saying "you have a mustach, cool " lol only took her a month to notice. She is 16 nothing more needs to be said, I think.
That comment led to our first real talk about my transtion and how much my home town is finally trying to make life a little easier on trans* kids in school. We also talked about how my transtion affects her she just had a hard time recalling to call me he but apologized when she slips. I hold her your trying and in time it will get easier. Just that she is trying means the world to me.
She ended the conversation by telling me not to shave the stash and get going on the gotee

[Kobi]

The Boston Red Sox have won the AL East, clinching the division championship when the Toronto Blue Jays lost to Baltimore.

David Ortiz and the Red Sox, who had already secured at least a wild-card spot in the playoffs, will open their postseason schedule Oct. 6 seeking a second World Series crown in four years.

[Kobi]

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[Zimmeh]

Receiving two envelopes of Postcards from Homoe. I love anything vintage and French.

Knowing that my stepdad's grandma is feeling much better today, after three days in the hospital.

Zimmeh

[anotherbutch]

Talking to my 3 yr old grandson on the phone this morning and he said I love you mostest maw maw and you're my bestest friend. Awww

[clay]

mail....personal notes inside....LOVE LOVE LOVE that!

Always makes me smile!

[cinnamongrrl]

My youngest...

She surprised me with an early morning visit..

We went to breakfast and the farmer's market...just had a good day together :)

[cinnamongrrl]

My youngest...

She surprised me with an early morning visit..

We went to breakfast and the farmer's market...just had a good day together :)

Ohhh and while we were perusing the farmers market my eldest called. Liz and I had just been discussing how we hadn't heard from her in a while.

:)

[BullDog]

I had 3 boxes arriving at the post office today weighing around 40 pounds each. The post mistress and postal worker insisted on loading the boxes onto my dolly, a little girl opened the door for me and one of the postal workers insisted on going out to my car to load the boxes for me even though I assured them it was fine and I could do it. What great service. Gotta love small towns!

[candy_coated_bitch]

Texting with my BFF.

[cinnamongrrl]

My youngest took me out for lunch to celebrate my new job...she is such an amazing kid. I guess I did something right with my life <3

[Bèsame*]

Opening shipment today, I found the chocolate bars we will be selling at the counter.

They are See's candy!!!

[homoe]

Opening shipment today, I found the chocolate bars we will be selling at the counter.

They are See's candy!!!


Oh, are those the bars where some of the proceeds go to charity?

[Gemme]

Oh, are those the bars where some of the proceeds go to charity?

See's Candies (http://www.sees.com/home?gclid=CJ3qucSM588CFYwehgodkSkKxA)

[Stone-Butch]

Got a long distance call from a very close friend, was nice to hear from her. Gave a load of goodies to the shell group for the kids on Halloween. Love it.

[Bèsame*]

Oh, are those the bars where some of the proceeds go to charity?

No, I'm sure we are making the profit.

I bought some today and treated the girls at work, a taste of good chocolate. I talk about it, I'm from California and it was always a treat to get a big chocolate egg at Easter.

Best surprise ever, a box delivered to me at work, after I moved to Texas. Sigh...sexy Butch! 😘😘😘

[Gemme]

It's my Monday AND my Friday, which means no matter how rough it gets, it will be over soon....kind of like the election. Happiness!!!!

[Talon]

My swiney princess burning rubber across the property towards me....💓

[RockOn]

I accidentally ripped off a tiny but very loud toot in the bathroom at work today. Immediately broke into a fit of laughter. Two stalls down laughed hard with me! Heh Heh! It's great to get other people laughing with (at?) you too.

with/at ... who cares ... it was just plain funny

"I fart on the first date."
I figure, "Hey, just go on and get that out of the way."

(in a goofy mood tonight) :)

[cinnamongrrl]

I accidentally ripped off a tiny but very loud toot in the bathroom at work today. Immediately broke into a fit of laughter. Two stalls down laughed hard with me! Heh Heh! It's great to get other people laughing with (at?) you too.

with/at ... who cares ... it was just plain funny

"I fart on the first date."
I figure, "Hey, just go on and get that out of the way."

(in a goofy mood tonight) :)


This made me giggle and I sure needed it :)

[Lecheloco]

Tamales! 1 of my employee's brought me homemade Mexican Tamales.. yummmmm
I have been smiling since she said she had a surprise for me.
They were the best I ever had too

[Bèsame*]

I will have had every Saturday night off this month!

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[cassiopeia67]

Being able to spend the day with my daughter.

[cinnamongrrl]

I saw a friend of mine that I hadn't seen in 6 years! We met up at a local orchard and did some catching up.

And

Tonight my daughter's good friend is passing through on his way to Cincinnati. We're gonna go have a beer at a local pub and listen to some Celtic music :)

[Bubala]

Watching Hym nap with my kitty... they were so cute.... lololol

[clay]

I have so much in my life to smile about...but today...my sweet little dachshund, Hope.

She is blind, but she doesn't know it. This little girl came from deplorable hoarder conditions, in May. I got her in July...she & I are very bonded. Her fave thing to do, besides being velcroed to me 24/7 is to lie back against my arm, with her body sitting upright...she leans back, secure knowing she is safe...and will put her paws together, working them as if she is swimming, & comes close to my face..she is so gentle as she pets me..I love it. I haven't ever had a dachsie do this before.

Her love is unconditional & she is just a happy little baby...her hair is almost all grown back in..horrible flea & food allergies...BUT she is with the bravest & gentlest of hearts...I love her..she brings smiles to me all day long every day....

[Bèsame*]

Smiling....

It's Halloween and the Scent of Pumkin Pie baking is filling the house!


Thank you Mom! I love you!

[Gemme]

I had an interesting talk with an 'angel' this evening.

[BullDog]

Taking a nice warm shower after having to take cold ones for 2 days due to an issue with my propane. It definitely is those little things in life. Oh and the fact that it's November and I'm running around in shorts in nice, sunny weather.

[Orema]

Seeing all the young people lined up to vote in North Carolina. I love seeing that!

[clay]

Waking up to enjoy another beautiful day...always makes me smile!!

[Gayandgray]

DOGS!!!!! My own 3 and the dogs at the boarding kennel where I work part time.:hangloose::hangloose:

[JDeere]

Knowing only one more sleep till I get to see her!

[Buckaroo]

CHICAGO CUBS!!!!!!!

[A. Spectre]

Women could not Vote the last time the Cubs won. And now a female Cubs fan will be President.



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*A few factoids on the Cubs chances down 1-3

In coin-flip terms, what are the Cubs' chances of coming back?

Assume these two teams are evenly matched and thus each has a 50 percent chance of winning a given game. That means the Cubs' "side of the coin" is going to have to come up three straight times. Simple probability tells you there's a 12.5 percent chance of that happening. There's your quick and dirty guide to the Cubs' chances of upsetting the Indians in the 2016 World Series.


How many teams have won best-of-seven postseason series after being down 3-1?

Not counting this year's Cubs, 81 teams have fallen behind 3-1 in a best-of-seven playoff series. Of those 81 teams, 12 have come back to win the series in question -- five times in World Series play. Overall, that means 14.8 percent team of teams in the Cubs' position have pulled off the comeback. At this point, you'll note that history is a bit kinder to such teams than is the coin-flip model.

What about those teams who, like the Cubs, will have to play the final two games on the road?

Good point. If the Cubs win Game 5 and extend the series, then they'll play Game 6 and if necessary Game 7 at Progressive Field in Cleveland. As it turns out, 44 teams down 3-1 have been tasked with winning the final two games away from home, and six have pulled it off. That comes to 13.6 percent of such teams. That's not as promising as those overall "down 3-1" numbers, but it's still a bit better than the coin-flip outlook.

[cinnamongrrl]

My supervisor...

I called her last night to touch base and hinted around being nervous about bringing my client bowling...because I don't know the first thing about it...

She confessed she doesn't know much either but agreed to meet me at the bowling alley so we could help each other learn. What a woman!

[clay]

Many things cause me to smile....life is one of them. Having my health, being alive to wake up & enjoy another amazing day, and
THOSE Cubbies! What a game...a real nail biter. Hard fought by both teams.:hangloose:

[Zimmeh]

Getting a manicure with my mom today.

Zimmeh

[grenade]

A playdate with my nephew. He's 2. What an amazing age.

[candy_coated_bitch]

Dinner and drinks date with my butch.

[Talon]

The Cubbies win....so happy for them.

[Jesse]

Playing hide n seek with Sadie and both of us running through the house like little kids do when their parents are not home. She cracks me up because the only time she growls at me is when we play hide n seek and then it is a playful puppy growl. :dog:

[Bèsame*]

My first sale on Etsy tonight!

[Chad]

A hair cut, there is nothing better than a clean and stylish hair cut.

《Smile》

:cowboy:

[SmoothButch]

I finished my third 10K, second non stop. Across the Bay 10k

[Orema]

Hearing about a collection for an election-night party later tonight.

They're serving deplorable chips and salsa and hole-in-the-wall margaritas! I don't know what's in the drinks, but I'm down for anything that mocks Trump.

I won't attend, but I'll chip in a couple bucks to help them have fun.

[Talon]

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:flyingpig:

[A. Spectre]

Wild Polar Bear Pets a Dog

WARNING: Cuteness overload


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A polar bear was caught on film petting and nuzzling a sled dog in Manitoba, Canada, on Saturday.

David de Muelles was leading a bus tour for Northstar Tours and had parked near a sled dog sanctuary when he witnessed the unforgettable sight.

“This big bear had just woken up from a cat nap and stopped right by the dog,” de Muelles told ABC News. “The bear then just started gracefully petting the dog like a human.”

De Meulles, who was born and raised in the area, told CBC News he typically sees polar bears around, but he’s never seen anything like this before.

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[cinnamongrrl]

Twas yesterday..

They lifted the evacuation for Lake Lure /Chimney Rock. I was able to go there for the first time in weeks.

There's some visible scorching near the road in places, but the mountain on the whole looks mostly intact.

The fireman obviously worked hard to spare structures. There were several spots where it burned Ll around a house but the structure itself was spared. These men and women are our angels...

:praying:

[clay]

a curbside meeting....:)

[legally_b10nde]

Having to wake up with warm sunlight in my face without hearing alarm clock

[Blade]

A haircut! Haven't had one since early October

[Gayandgray]

My dogs.........

[Mel C.]

My boss pulled me aside to tell me he's giving me another promotion (had one last year too) and is planning a 10% pay raise. Lots for me to be thankful for, as there is every year.

[Talon]

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[Gemme]

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He is sooo cute!

[Medusa]

A very generous reiki session from one of my bears. He is a super amazing and talented practitioner and gifted me over and hour of his time and I am just feeling so loved and cared for. <3

[Bèsame*]

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[Talon]

This morning, singing a made-up song called, "Dear Mr. Lazytoad"

to Mr. Snuggles>>>>:bulldog:

[clay]

exuberance....I LOVE it!!!

[bright_arrow]

An arm around my shoulders and a kiss on the forehead :princess:

[candy_coated_bitch]

Being silly with my partner.

[Kobi]

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[Zimmeh]

Spending the day with my mom and Aunt, then coming home to my Babygirl pup!

Zimmeh

[Soft*Silver]

I had a horrible day...and my husband bent over backwards to make it better..including going out in the cold wet rain to buy me popsicles just because I wanted something sweet and cold...

[Chad]

Riding in the boat today with the sun on my face and the wind in my hair.

Being on the water always makes me happy.

《Smile》

[Kobi]

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[MsTinkerbelly]

Our 18 year old cat is running all over the house like she is a kitten. :)

Hey! I've gone from senior member to infamous! ;)

[easygoingfemme]

Huge smiling and some jumping around because I just found out I'm one of three finalists for the job I interviewed for on Friday last week. Second interview on Friday this week. Still stiff competition and apparently the three of us were too close to call- hence the second interview. I didn't think I'd make it this far in the application process.

[clay]

some sweet nothings whispered to me.....:byebye:

[Kobi]

The non releasable eagles are well and back home in Dollywood. :)

[cinnamongrrl]

The non releasable eagles are well and back home in Dollywood. :)


That's near me!

As for myself...I was sooo happy to find my lost big green Nalgene. Its my lucky water bottle. I actually hugged it I was so happy to see it!

[Orema]

Seeing homes decorated for the holidays. A neighbor has a faux snowman that's taller than her one-story house. It's outrageously large and I giggle each time I drive by it. Very cool.

:bow:

[Medusa]

The word "aliquot"

[candy_coated_bitch]

Orange juice and a chai tea.

[Gemme]

Emails from amazon...."your order _____________ has shipped!"

4 of them! Christmas will be here on time!

[TL1]

Emails from amazon...."your order _____________ has shipped!"

4 of them! Christmas will be here on time!

Yes that is a good feeling! I have 4 packages arriving today. (Out for delivery)

So I smiled for that.

Also... It's Friday.

[easygoingfemme]

Putting fun twist and braids in my hair and watching my curls do their thing.

Finishing a grueling series of job interviews and knowing that, no matter what happens, I gave it my all.

Seeing that packages are getting delivered here today and knowing that I have some super fun new wrapping paper to cover them with.

[Amulette]

Getting a lecture from a 19-year-old. Oh my, so serious and sweet, and right! *blushes*

[Chad]

My mom :).

I took her some containers of homemade food today and it pleased her. I guess we both smiled.

《Smile》

[Gayandgray]

Dogs.My own and the kennel dogs at my second job.:hangloose:

[clay]

Her innocuous cuteness.....that gentle, giant beautiful heart of hers!
Besides I am always smiling anyway!!!

[Glenn]

A Doe deer with her fawn standing quietly behind me at their feeding station this evening, covered with fresh, sparkling, white, snow.

[JDeere]

Having my Christmas shopping completely done.

[candy_coated_bitch]

The only picture that exists of my friend and I.

[Zimmeh]

Watching my 8 year old nephew open his birthday presents!

Zimmeh

[easygoingfemme]

Waking up to realize that I think I mostly actually slept through the night! That's a kind of big deal around here.

[Greco]

an incredibly fulfilling run and memories so beautiful they reminded me of... so much beauty, intelligence, creativity...and love. Yes, a wonderful run...

Greco

[Spirit Dancer]

A tender moment <3

[candy_coated_bitch]

Getting to wear my new BAMF winter coat that showed up on my doorstep yesterday as a surprise Christmas gift from my parents. I have gained some weight and had nothing that fit and no money to buy a new winter coat. It snowed so it was much needed and it was also a good feeling to have something that fit. It was perfect!

[Jesse]

Actually, it was yesterday but the smiles have lasted because I stuck them in my freezer. :) I stopped by the Subway up the street from my house early yesterday morning to grab a cup of joe and say hi to a friend of mine who is the manager there. As we were talking, she was unloading the cookie case and filling it with freshly baked cookies. The next thing I knew she presented me with a bag filled with the cookies from the case. There had to be 30+ cookies in there.

Two doors down from the Subway is a small laundromat and there are usually 2 or 3 women sitting outside, either because they work there or are waiting for their clothes to finish. Anyway, I walked over and explained where I got the cookies from, so they hopefully would not think me some kind of cookie peddling perv, and offered them some of the cookies. Only one woman accepted, saying she would take them home to her kids, so I unloaded about a 1/3 of them there. The rest are in my freezer, but I will likely give some to my neighbors as well.
Take a bite out of a cookie then look at it...it's a smile! :)

[Medusa]

I kin haz a seeecret!

[Zimmeh]

Having lunch with two of my coworkers and then shopping at Cracker Barrel.

Zimmeh

[Gemme]

I had fun today even though I got lost on my way. While getting lost, I found the new Plato's Closet that opened up recently.

[cinnamongrrl]

Evening light...

It's amazing how it goes from dark and bottomless to almost pink on the horizon...and with all the increments of blue in between....

It's the little things... :)

[Soft*Silver]

my almost 3 year old grand daughter went to the dollar store tonight and picked out presents to give to the people in her life. Someone is getting coin rolls! LOL. Her Daddy is getting a big foam green hat! I loved hearing about it...that little girl is the sunshine in my heart!

[easygoingfemme]

Getting a new job that I am super psyched about.
Conversing via text with current co-workers who want to throw me a going away party and convincing them that I'd rather have french fries than cake.
Decorating ninja bread cookies with my daughter while watching Stranger Things

[Bèsame*]

my almost 3 year old grand daughter went to the dollar store tonight and picked out presents to give to the people in her life. Someone is getting coin rolls! LOL. Her Daddy is getting a big foam green hat! I loved hearing about it...that little girl is the sunshine in my heart!

This story reminds me of when my Dad took us shopping, at a local dime store. He would take each one of us in seperately, as the other two kids stayed in the car. We would walk up and down the aisles, picking out gifts and admiring the things we wished we had. So when the other went in, my Dad would nudge us to what we had picked out earlier. But, also the clincher was, keeping the secret after you made your purchases, while you sat in the car with the other. I was good at secret keeping, but no way we're my brothers!

That memory made me smile today.

[CherryWine]

Proving to someone that she underestimated me...again. It seems to be a difficult feat for some humans to see beyond their own egos.

[Kenna]

Chatting with my best friend this evening.

[Soft*Silver]

tonight my grand daughter, daughter and SIL came to celebrate Christmas with us. After a feast of cherry ham, wild rice, deviled eggs, and a salad, we unwrapped presents. The wee one opened all our gifts whether they were for her or not. She just gets sheer joy out of unwrapping the presents! LOL.

Remember when I said she had gone shopping for everyone? Well, I was given a bag of pipe cleaners from her. LOL. And my husband got a set of fake mustaches! LOL!!! We loved them!

We got her a pink english saddle, for she is a little horsey girl. She is going to start lessons this summer and now has her own saddle! (she is almost 3)We also got her some dolls, and a breyer horse.

We didnt go overboard. It was a sweet simply holiday gathering but the little girl didnt want to leave "bubi and pops house"...she kept asking if she could stay longer, and even when she left, my daughter texted me and told me she was begging them to take her back to us again soon.

I love being a grand mother. I love these moments with her. I am so glad I am here and can enjoy her. I have another grand daughter coming in March, Evangaline. These two will be my reason to keep smiling...

[MysticOceansFL]

1. My girlfriend and monte , know both enjoy their gifts.
2. Friends and family.
3. Hopefully a bright future in 2017
4. Peace and good will towards everyone.

Mystic~~~~

[tantalizingfemme]

Giving the baby his gifts and watching everything go in his mouth. Typical 9 month old. He is just the sweetest.

[clay]

That incredibly beautiful soul I am blessed to have in my life. I love her!

[Kenna]

I had an interesting, great day. I'm gonna pay for it, but it was great.

[Orema]

Knowing my pale pink walls in the garage will be finished today (I insisted he not come and finish today, but he lives around the corner, is my the husband of one of my besties, and he promises he'll be done in an hour).

It really looks nice and I'm a happy camper.

:bow:

[RockOn]

Waking up, thinking about this day, things I will enjoy accompolishing.



*looking up at Orema, smiling and waving*

[Blade]

While sitting here on the laptop, I'm listening to Nemo and Dory play and race around their cage. Ripping up paper, diving into their nest and chasing each other around and around. Healthy happy critters. Makes me smile knowing how far they have come.

[BullDog]

Someone noticing that I always laugh after I say certain things. It made me laugh and smile even more.

[Chad]

A very special little blond smiling at me. She 2 feet tall and 2 years old....family time.

《Smile》

[kittygrrl]

warmer weather for the moment..fire in the hearth, warm stockings, cocoa with whipped crème, shared funny jokes...

[cinnamongrrl]

My lady...

She's so happy with everything I do.

She also loves to share her vast family history with me. She has much wisdom...

[C0LLETTE]

Met a woman in dog park that tried to convince me that her "corgi-plus" was really a german shepherd with short legs.

[Bèsame*]

Last night in the middle of rolling my eyes at the Inventory supervisor, she just didn't get organization!

My phone went off with a text. I pulled my phone out, wishing it was sweet message.

It was...just to see how things were going, and a sentiment of 💌.

[Robbigen]

Weighing myself and finding out I have lost 6 pounds in the last month!

[Medusa]

Thinking about a snow day tomorrow! This means working at home in fuzzy socks, a messy bun, and jammies!

[easygoingfemme]

I had a lot of interactions at work today that gave me smiles, and some belly laughs.

[Jesse]

I ran into a friend of mine today, and the first thing she said to me was, "How much weight have you lost?"
I have been sticking solidly to a Paleo eating plan for 11 days, but she was not aware of this. I knew I had lost some weight/inches because of the way my shirts fit now, but I haven't bothered weighing.
It made me smile knowing that my efforts are paying off, and that a friend took the time to notice the weight loss. It felt good! :)

[GeorgiaMa'am]

An additional 5 mg of Abilify. I just started this dosage 4 days ago, and OMG The Relief Is Amazing. I've been in an especially bad funk for several months, i.e., worse than the usual funk. Now I feel like I did back in the days when Prozac still worked for me. This morning I caught myself doing a little dance step to "Fame" playing in the elevator at work.

[cinnamongrrl]

Hearing that my client's husband, who is apparently sparing with his praise, told my boss numerous times how much he likes me...

:)

[gotoseagrl]

Catching a big black and gray Tabby stranger kitty out of the corner of my eye .. giving me a belly rolling show on the back patio as I was doing the dishes. So, so cute.

[candy_coated_bitch]

TV and dinner with my butch, spooning her as she fell asleep, helping a friend in need.

[clay]

The way the Universe "moves" & provides for us at HER will!

[Wrang1er]

Going to see the movie Trolls with my nephew Waylon today. It was cute!

[cinnamongrrl]

A voicemail from my boss..

She was telling me in the message how much my new clients love me...and she paused and said "and I love you!"

I really believe it. She went out of her way for me today so my car could get fixed. She was even going to use her own credit card. I feel the love... :)

[Kätzchen]

They say that you don't know how strong you can be until there's only one choice but to be strong. But.... I don't feel strong, can't really smile or even fake a smile, when my sweetie is so incredibly sick. Maybe today, the tide will turn and my Cuban Sunshine will not be feeling so sick.

[Chad]

My coworker popped in to tell me about her work schedule and said that I was so cute when I eat my lunch.

《smile》

:cowboy:

[MsTinkerbelly]

I'm finished with my packing for our weekend in Lake Havasu (sp), and I'm looking forward to time away from home. :)

[Kobi]

Watching the 2 eaglets at the NE Florida Eagle Nest. (http://www.nefleaglecam.org/)

They are 3 weeks old, growing like weeds, eating like pigs, and in that awkward feathers and color changing mohawk oddity looking stage.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/47/76/3d/47763dd20a7622ee579857667fb0a60a.jpg

[FireSignFemme]

http://ind5.ccio.co/ON/Jv/rc/155726099584648866XI1WpkgAc.jpg

[cinnamongrrl]

An awesome hike with my dogs before work.

It was cloudy at first, but the wind shifted and we had an AMAZING view at the top.

AND I found out the name of the mountain after over a year of hiking it. Mt Ferguson. :)

[clay]

just living life makes me smile..every day!

[kittygrrl]

bread in the oven..it always smells amazing:jester:

[Gemme]

I get a day off tomorrow.

I need it.

:praying:

[candy_coated_bitch]

Chai, a new friend, a letter in the mail, tv time with my butch, and my favorite Chinese.

[Zimmeh]

Waking up to the City of Orlando, catching a cop killer and a child murderer. Markeith Loyd was caught less than 15 miles from the crime scene; was arrested by the Police and the Chief used, Master Sargeant Debra Clayton's cuffs to walk him into jail. He also killed his pregnant ex girlfriend and ran another officer over who was looking for him. Rest In Peace: Sade Dixon, Master Sgt Debra Clayton and Officer First Class Lewis.

Zimmeh

[candy_coated_bitch]

My free burrito.

[Kobi]

Watching Donald Trump being sworn in as the new President. :cheesy:

[JDeere]

Getting to go shopping for some work clothes.

Plans for this evening.

Being grateful for still having my ex in my life, we mutually agreed that the love is still there. Which gives me some hope.

[Medusa]

Watching Donald Trump being sworn in as the new President. :cheesy:




Wait.


Are you seriously a Trump supporter?

[candy_coated_bitch]

Coffee with a friend I haven't seen in years.

[A. Spectre]

George W. Bush Lending Dignity to the Inauguration.


http://cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2017/01/20/b5f92497-2d61-49c3-8119-9b4cb914ec9b/thumbnail/620x350/35956e579e669372e1d7a522455d2372/ponchocomp.jpg

[easygoingfemme]

Setting up shop with my daughter to make signs for the march tomorrow.

[*Anya*]

Watching Donald Trump being sworn in as the new President. :cheesy:



Are you for real?

Feminist?

[Kobi]

Are you for real?

Feminist?



Not only a feminist but a radical feminist who has watched liberal feminism, intersectional feminism, and other forms of so called feminism dilute and derail the very meaning and essence of feminism.

I prefer a Trump who is perfectly clear on his misogyny. It is much easier to deal with and fight against.

I loath the likes of Obama who talked a good game and stabbed women in the back repeatedly. If you dont know what Obama did or refused to do to help women, research it.

The war on women has been going on for 10 years now. Who was POTUS for 8 of those 10 years? Trump? Nope.

Where has the female outrage been for the last 10 years? In the last 10 years we have seen astronomical increases in domestic violence and women killed by their husbands and boyfriends. We have seen the highest rates of rape and sexual assault, the fewest cases being prosecuted, and are back to putting the victims on trial. Women are losing financially at epic proportions. Our reproductive rights have been striped bare.

Women are still complaining about not receiving equal pay for equal work. The equal pay act was passed in 1963 - 54 years ago. Never enforced but it is on the books. Are you outraged over this?

Young women today do not even know what the ERA is all about. Ask one. The most common answer is era is a laundry detergent.

Young women today THINK they have equality. That's pretty freakin sad.

Feminism is something you live 24/7 365 days a year. Not just when it is convenient. Not just when your preferred candidate loses. Not just for those aspects that speak to you as an individual.

Thus far, the candidacy and election of Trump has increased the number of women who think they are feminists or who are at least toying with real feminism. THAT is a wonderful thing. Statistics and human behavior tells us this new found feminism will be short lived but maybe, just maybe it will awaken a few cuz this country needs real 24/7 feminists who understand what they are up against in the scheme of things.

[BullDog]

Well Kobi that is one of the most bizarre posts I have ever read. Yeah let's advance feminism by voting in a man who brags of sexual assault, goes into a teen beauty pageant to ogle naked teenage girls, is working to take away the Violence of Women's Act, repeal Roe v. Wade and really I could go on for days and days and days with more. Unreal.

[*Anya*]

Not only a feminist but a radical feminist who has watched liberal feminism, intersectional feminism, and other forms of so called feminism dilute and derail the very meaning and essence of feminism.

I prefer a Trump who is perfectly clear on his misogyny. It is much easier to deal with and fight against.

I loath the likes of Obama who talked a good game and stabbed women in the back repeatedly. If you dont know what Obama did or refused to do to help women, research it.

The war on women has been going on for 10 years now. Who was POTUS for 8 of those 10 years? Trump? Nope.

Where has the female outrage been for the last 10 years? In the last 10 years we have seen astronomical increases in domestic violence and women killed by their husbands and boyfriends. We have seen the highest rates of rape and sexual assault, the fewest cases being prosecuted, and are back to putting the victims on trial. Women are losing financially at epic proportions. Our reproductive rights have been striped bare.

Women are still complaining about not receiving equal pay for equal work. The equal pay act was passed in 1963 - 54 years ago. Never enforced but it is on the books. Are you outraged over this?

Young women today do not even know what the ERA is all about. Ask one. The most common answer is era is a laundry detergent.

Young women today THINK they have equality. That's pretty freakin sad.

Feminism is something you live 24/7 365 days a year. Not just when it is convenient. Not just when your preferred candidate loses. Not just for those aspects that speak to you as an individual.

Thus far, the candidacy and election of Trump has increased the number of women who think they are feminists or who are at least toying with real feminism. THAT is a wonderful thing. Statistics and human behavior tells us this new found feminism will be short lived but maybe, just maybe it will awaken a few cuz this country needs real 24/7 feminists who understand what they are up against in the scheme of things.




Ok Kobi.

This is not logical and is almost irrational to me.

I hope that it turns out the way that you believe that it will. Your position is one that I have not read or seen anywhere else in the feminist, humanist or radical feminist universe.

I fear for my own feminist sisters and brothers that will lose their healthcare; I fear for the time when conservatives are on the Supreme Court and abortion becomes even more restrictive or is no longer an option for women to chose; the profoundly incompetent cabinet appointees are in place; I fear for having a president that feels entitled to grab the genitals of any woman he chooses because he is rich, etc.

Feminist?

No, not my brand.

Maybe it is only your brand now.

We can agree to disagree on this.

You smiled because he was inaugurated?

Me? I cried.

[JDeere]

Getting a text message out of nowhere from an old friend in Oklahoma.

[kittygrrl]

Not only a feminist but a radical feminist who has watched liberal feminism, intersectional feminism, and other forms of so called feminism dilute and derail the very meaning and essence of feminism.

I prefer a Trump who is perfectly clear on his misogyny. It is much easier to deal with and fight against.

I loath the likes of Obama who talked a good game and stabbed women in the back repeatedly. If you dont know what Obama did or refused to do to help women, research it.

The war on women has been going on for 10 years now. Who was POTUS for 8 of those 10 years? Trump? Nope.

Where has the female outrage been for the last 10 years? In the last 10 years we have seen astronomical increases in domestic violence and women killed by their husbands and boyfriends. We have seen the highest rates of rape and sexual assault, the fewest cases being prosecuted, and are back to putting the victims on trial. Women are losing financially at epic proportions. Our reproductive rights have been striped bare.

Women are still complaining about not receiving equal pay for equal work. The equal pay act was passed in 1963 - 54 years ago. Never enforced but it is on the books. Are you outraged over this?

Young women today do not even know what the ERA is all about. Ask one. The most common answer is era is a laundry detergent.

Young women today THINK they have equality. That's pretty freakin sad.

Feminism is something you live 24/7 365 days a year. Not just when it is convenient. Not just when your preferred candidate loses. Not just for those aspects that speak to you as an individual.

Thus far, the candidacy and election of Trump has increased the number of women who think they are feminists or who are at least toying with real feminism. THAT is a wonderful thing. Statistics and human behavior tells us this new found feminism will be short lived but maybe, just maybe it will awaken a few cuz this country needs real 24/7 feminists who understand what they are up against in the scheme of things.




I've always imagined you had a good even a great mind but lately I cannot understand your logic or why you would rather vote for a sexual predator then a woman who just made a mistake about emails. However, you have lots of company with the bulk of low information voters who prefer Trump to a rational, more sane choice to lead this country. Luckily, sooner or later we (meaning those of us who love this country and the female sex) will prevail. You won't have long to glory in the misogyny. But thank you for revealing the inner workings of your mind! Your logic isn't clever. It's misguided. A normal rational person would not sacrifice a country, a race, womanhood, to make a point. Kobi, we are not puppets, we do not admire predation. We do not require you or Trump to think for us and try to manage what we believe.

[Gemme]

I prefer a Trump who is perfectly clear on his misogyny. It is much easier to deal with and fight against.

Hitler was pretty clear about his intentions too. How do you think that worked out?

The war on women has been going on for 10 years now.

Women are still complaining about not receiving equal pay for equal work. The equal pay act was passed in 1963 - 54 years ago.



Which is it? 10 years or 54 years?

The war against women is not something that just turned up one day. It's been something that we've been chipping at and tolling against since the dark ages and through the decades. There's been good progress made the last 8 years towards this. Where have you been?

Trump wants to drag us back there, probably by the hair on our heads. He even has Conan the Barbarian heading his old show.

......


To be somewhat thread compliant, there are no smiles here this morning but I did get a good chuckle at my coworker posting to her ex online last night. Used his own racist, sexist words against him. Way to go, girl.

[candy_coated_bitch]

All of you.

[Kobi]

Ok Kobi.

This is not logical and is almost irrational to me.

I hope that it turns out the way that you believe that it will. Your position is one that I have not read or seen anywhere else in the feminist, humanist or radical feminist universe.

I fear for my own feminist sisters and brothers that will lose their healthcare; I fear for the time when conservatives are on the Supreme Court and abortion becomes even more restrictive or is no longer an option for women to chose; the profoundly incompetent cabinet appointees are in place; I fear for having a president that feels entitled to grab the genitals of any woman he chooses because he is rich, etc.

Feminist?

No, not my brand.

Maybe it is only your brand now.

We can agree to disagree on this.

You smiled because he was inaugurated?

Me? I cried.


We can agree to disagree. We have disagreed all along. Nothing new here.

As for feminism, a refresher course might be helpful.

One of the first thing Barak Obama did was sign the Leddy Ledbetter Act which gave women more time to file lawsuits against companies who engaged in unequal pay practices, lawsuits women rarely win because they just dont have the resources or clout against lawyer overloaded companies.

Instead of Ledbetter, Obama could have just had Loretta Lynch enforce the equal pay act. He choose not to do so. That is institutional misogyny in action.

Obama threatened to withhold federal educational dollars from all school systems if they did not allow transgendered students to have bathroom choices until title ix. The transgendered population compromises what....2% of the population?

Obama refused to use title ix to deal with the rape culture on college campuses. Women comprise more than 50% of the population. This is another example of institutional misogyny in action.

Hard to discuss feminism when women refuse to see, recognize or even know when misogyny is slapping them in their face.Even more detrimental when women support politicians, male or female, who have no qualms of victimizing them even more.

Actions speak louder than words.

Might want to brush up on feminism. Your examples seem to be confusing feminism with liberalism and progressive-ism. Not the same things. Feminism only focuses on the plight of women. The minute the focus is anything but women, it is no longer feminism.

But as I said before, many "feminists" are happy to put the plight of other disadvantaged groups over their own or are happy to support the causes of others when there is no reciprocity. Remember, it was Fredrick Douglass who (supposedly) fought for the end of slavery for blacks AND WOMEN alongside the likes of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony. But when push came to shove, he was more than happy to turn his back on women so black MEN could have the right to vote while all women had to wait their turn - that turn came 50 years later.

Seriously, learn something about the history of women. Appreciate those women who fought for you to be seen as a human being rather than property of your father and husband, who fought for you to have the right to divorce and the right to child custody and child support, the right to have a bank account, to enter into contracts, to buy a home on your own merits.

Try stepping out of the convenience box and the canned rhetoric and see the multitude of ways women are still slapped in the face everyday. Listen to young women who think they have equality and who perceive their troubles as a personal failure rather than a systemic problem in a system stacked against them.

There is a lot more to feminism than you seem to be aware of or willing to deal with.

[*Anya*]

Kobi, you really think that I need you to educate me?

I think that you believe by your supporting Trump, it will work as some reverse psychology and because he is so horrific; women will flock to feminism.

It does not work that way in the real world.

Nothing that you say makes an iota of sense.

You made your ?point? and the other women and I that have posted here have made ours.

This is no golden flounce but I am not engaging with you again.

Your mind is closed, you have it all figured out for yourself and I know, having worked with my clients for so many years; when to quietly accept a person's belief system.

The delusion is just too stong.

Delusion= false, fixed belief.

[Kobi]

Kobi, you really think that I need you to educate me?

I think that you believe by your supporting Trump, it will work as some reverse psychology and because he is so horrific; women will flock to feminism.

It does not work that way in the real world.

Nothing that you say makes an iota of sense.

You made your ?point? and the other women and I that have posted here have made ours.

This is no golden flounce but I am not engaging with you again.

Your mind is closed, you have it all figured out for yourself and I know, having worked with my clients for so many years; when to quietly accept a person's belief system.

The delusion is just too stong.

Delusion= false, fixed belief.

Enough of the same nonsense that I have had to listen to for the past year and a half. Same message over and over and over again.

Same bigotry, same intolerance of those who have different opinions, same hatred, same derogatory crap. Same approach, attack, then claim victim. Tiring.

Yes, I do think you need to be educated cuz you spew feelings devoid of actual fact or history. Feelings, fears, anxiety do not make for sound judgement or rationality or a knowledge of history or a knowledge of what has and continues to push women back into the dark ages. Nor does it define feminism.

Your opinion is just your opinion as is mine. Tolerance is about accepting that others dont think the same as you. It also doesnt mean that they are delusional. Low blow coming from someone who bills themselves as a psy nurse.

Sorry it bugs you that Trump is potus now. Life doesnt always give us what we want. That's where adult coping skills come in. We learn to deal.

Your golden flounce is duly noted. So are your insults. Bye bye.

[Kobi]

Which is it? 10 years or 54 years?

The war against women is not something that just turned up one day. It's been something that we've been chipping at and tolling against since the dark ages and through the decades. There's been good progress made the last 8 years towards this. Where have you been?

Trump wants to drag us back there, probably by the hair on our heads. He even has Conan the Barbarian heading his old show.

......


To be somewhat thread compliant, there are no smiles here this morning but I did get a good chuckle at my coworker posting to her ex online last night. Used his own racist, sexist words against him. Way to go, girl.


Sorry to see that reading comprehension doesnt seem to be your forte.

Everything you said has been addressed. Read it again.

Women are still slaves to a patriarchial system and will continue to be so until they wake up and smell the coffee. What we have gotten are carefully dispensed crumbs to quell the masses which, in the end, serve the patriarchy and keep women oppressed. Simple concept which is manifested in very complex ways every single freakin day.

Enough of the nonsense.

[A. Spectre]

Yes Kobi, opinions are opinions but never attempt to use an opinion as a fact. This is when folks get in trouble with misunderstandings and such.

Naturally, I disagree with 99% of your 'opinions', however the yuuuugest thing I am compelled to say is, why the hell did you feel the need to share your love for trump* and how we on the planet are doing it wrong yesterday?

You knew that many of us here were going to need to vent, to share what will surely be a long 4 years insofar as many of the gains for our community by PBO. Many of us were hurting, many of us are unsure of what the future may bring legislatively. Rightfully so Kobi.

I found what you did a really insensitive, boorish thing to do. In fact, I will go one step further and say what you are doing is borderline sadistic. You seem to enjoy bringing (what you knew would be pain) to so many here.

[JDeere]

Waking up to see another day.

That I start a new job in 2 days.

Life goes on.

[kittygrrl]

[B]Yes Kobi, opinions are opinions but never attempt to use an opinion as a fact. This is when folks get in trouble with misunderstandings and such.

Naturally, I disagree with 99% of your 'opinions', however the yuuuugest thing I am compelled to say is, why the hell did you feel the need to share your love for trump* and how we on the planet are doing it wrong yesterday?

You knew that many of us here were going to need to vent, to share what will surely be a long 4 years insofar as many of the gains for our community by PBO. Many of us were hurting, many of us are unsure of what the future may bring legislatively. Rightfully so Kobi.

I found what you did a really insensitive, boorish thing to do. In fact, I will go one step further and say what you are doing is borderline sadistic. You seem to enjoy bringing (what you knew would be pain) to so many here.



Thank you Ace. I so appreciate your ability to conflate sane rational argument against the onslaught of fake news, fake facts, and bullying-Woman have been victimized for literally thousands of years- we do not need wolves in sheep clothing claiming they are actually doing us a favor by voting for those who seek to roll back our rights and oppress us further. I can only imagine extreme hatred of the fairer sex to be the underlying motivation to display such disdain and disregard for those of us who care about this country and the womankind in it. They need to be honest and own their true agenda.

[Cin]

Not only a feminist but a radical feminist who has watched liberal feminism, intersectional feminism, and other forms of so called feminism dilute and derail the very meaning and essence of feminism.

I prefer a Trump who is perfectly clear on his misogyny. It is much easier to deal with and fight against.

I loath the likes of Obama who talked a good game and stabbed women in the back repeatedly. If you dont know what Obama did or refused to do to help women, research it.

The war on women has been going on for 10 years now. Who was POTUS for 8 of those 10 years? Trump? Nope.

Where has the female outrage been for the last 10 years? In the last 10 years we have seen astronomical increases in domestic violence and women killed by their husbands and boyfriends. We have seen the highest rates of rape and sexual assault, the fewest cases being prosecuted, and are back to putting the victims on trial. Women are losing financially at epic proportions. Our reproductive rights have been striped bare.

Women are still complaining about not receiving equal pay for equal work. The equal pay act was passed in 1963 - 54 years ago. Never enforced but it is on the books. Are you outraged over this?

Young women today do not even know what the ERA is all about. Ask one. The most common answer is era is a laundry detergent.

Young women today THINK they have equality. That's pretty freakin sad.

Feminism is something you live 24/7 365 days a year. Not just when it is convenient. Not just when your preferred candidate loses. Not just for those aspects that speak to you as an individual.

Thus far, the candidacy and election of Trump has increased the number of women who think they are feminists or who are at least toying with real feminism. THAT is a wonderful thing. Statistics and human behavior tells us this new found feminism will be short lived but maybe, just maybe it will awaken a few cuz this country needs real 24/7 feminists who understand what they are up against in the scheme of things.




I am trying to understand how someone can call themselves a feminist and smile as Trump takes the office of President of the US. However, I just can't. If you are saying that women need to be beaten over the head with the Trump/Pence/Republican House and Senate club in order to realize that they are oppressed, I think that's just stupid. It's like saying I should lop off my arm because I haven't been paying proper attention to the cut on my baby finger. It's overkill and not likely to end up being helpful at all.

I agree with much of what you have said about what Obama could have/should have done when in office. I was saddened by many of the choices he made. But there is a humongous difference between sad and devastated. What Donald Trump, and more realistically, Mike Pence, not to mention a Republican Senate and House will be able to do to women will be nothing short of devastation. Considering Supreme Court appointments are for life and that Trump will likely have the opportunity to appoint a couple of Justices, should the Republicans succeed in overturning Roe vs. Wade, it will be a long hard road back.

But even if it wasn't so, even if women were not a primary target of the Republicans and this Administration, there are many other oppressed groups who are. Are you saying they don't matter? Or are you saying it's a good thing, a thing worthy of a big smile, because Trump who is perfectly clear on his racism, homophobia, and xenophobia is much easier to deal with and fight against? It doesn't make sense when you said it about Trump's anti women agenda and it doesn't make sense here. Is it also easier to fight against a blatant attack on the Climate? Outward hostility against disabled people? I just don't get your logic.

The blight of women everywhere is a major issue. Feminism is the single most important issue to me. My energy, my heart, belongs to women. However, I do consider myself a humanist and there are many issues which matter deeply to me. And I see a connection between all oppression. I imagine that considering you dissed intersectional feminism in your post, that you do not find a focus on where related systems of oppression and discrimination intersect to be important to a feminist agenda. It sounds like you think intersectional feminism is not feminism. To me, that kind of thinking leads to purism, like a feminist version of white supremacy. Feminist supremacy.

I don't understand your need to share the fact that you are smiling over Trump's inauguration with people who you know are very worried, and rightly so, about how much damage he will do over the next 4 years, and how it will affect many of them personally. You get that this is something a troll would do, right? And since I know you're not a troll, what could your reason possibly have been? What would make you do this, here at BFP of all places?

[Cin]

Fredrick Douglass who (supposedly) fought for the end of slavery for blacks AND WOMEN alongside the likes of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony. But when push came to shove, he was more than happy to turn his back on women so black MEN could have the right to vote while all women had to wait their turn - that turn came 50 years later.


White, otherwise unoppressed, women got the vote. Women of color waited decades.

Feminism without considering intersectionality only focuses on problems which occur for white, straight, upper/middle class, binary conforming women.

Problems unique to lower class women, lesbians, women of color, non binary persons, etc., aren't addressed or even considered without a commitment to intersectionality and the distinct issues inherent there.

In order to at least give a nod to the topic of this thread, it makes me smile to see how important I think intersectionality is to feminism.

[C0LLETTE]

Kobi,

Not to offend you or even infuriate you,but where does the fact that; "...In the last 10 years we have seen astronomical increases in domestic violence and women killed by their husbands and boyfriends. We have seen the highest rates of rape and sexual assault, the fewest cases being prosecuted..." come from?

I'd simply like to know more about that statement and its source, specifically.

[Kobi]

Well Kobi that is one of the most bizarre posts I have ever read. Yeah let's advance feminism by voting in a man who brags of sexual assault, goes into a teen beauty pageant to ogle naked teenage girls, is working to take away the Violence of Women's Act, repeal Roe v. Wade and really I could go on for days and days and days with more. Unreal.


SMH. Once again we seem to have a reading comprehension problem.

What you are reacting to is a deliberate distortion of what was said. And you are taking your own distortion as fact and running with it.

The media has taught you well.

Im sorry your candidate lost. She lost for a reason. The democratic party lost for a reason. You lost because you werent listening and still insist on not listening.

Feel free to spend the next 4 years spinning your wheels and immersed in anger and hatred.

Enough.

[Kobi]

White, otherwise unoppressed, women got the vote. Women of color waited decades.

Feminism without considering intersectionality only focuses on problems which occur for white, straight, upper/middle class, binary conforming women.

Problems unique to lower class women, lesbians, women of color, non binary persons, etc., aren't addressed or even considered without a commitment to intersectionality and the distinct issues inherent there.

In order to at least give a nod to the topic of this thread, it makes me smile to see how important I think intersectionality is to feminism.


Wrong.

All women got the right to vote under the 19th amendment passed in 1920.

Black men got the right to vote under the 15th amendment passed in 1870.

Seriously folks, learn some history.

[Kobi]

Kobi,

Not to offend you or even infuriate you,but where does the fact that; "...In the last 10 years we have seen astronomical increases in domestic violence and women killed by their husbands and boyfriends. We have seen the highest rates of rape and sexual assault, the fewest cases being prosecuted..." come from?

I'd simply like to know more about that statement and its source, specifically.


Google it. Educate yourself. Learn the reality. Knowledge is a wonderful thing.

[*Anya*]

White, otherwise unoppressed, women got the vote. Women of color waited decades.

Feminism without considering intersectionality only focuses on problems which occur for white, straight, upper/middle class, binary conforming women.

Problems unique to lower class women, lesbians, women of color, non binary persons, etc., aren't addressed or even considered without a commitment to intersectionality and the distinct issues inherent there.

In order to at least give a nod to the topic of this thread, it makes me smile to see how important I think intersectionality is to feminism.

Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote—a right known as woman suffrage. At the time the U.S. was founded, its female citizens did not share all of the same rights as men, including the right to vote.

19th Amendment - Women's History - HISTORY.com

The struggle for the vote did not end with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. In some Southern states, African American women were unable to freely exercise their right to vote up until the 1960s.

African-American woman suffrage movement - Wikipedia

The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson (1908-73) on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States.

Voting Rights Act - Black History - HISTORY.com

[C0LLETTE]

Kobi,

Perhaps you believe that women need to hit rock bottom, that living under Trump will open our eyes, that this is the tonic that will start the cure and stop the political placebos dead in their tracks, and that "Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger"

Well here's a bit I just read about that Nietzchean bumper sticker:

"...Nietzsche used a similar line in Ecce Homo (written 1888, published 1908), the last book he wrote before going completely insane. In the chapter entitled “Why I Am So Wise,” he wrote that a person who has “turned out well” could be recognized by certain attributes, such as a knack for exploiting bad accidents to his advantage. Regarding such a man, Nietzsche said: “What does not kill him makes him stronger.” (“Was ihn nicht umbringt, macht ihn stärker.”)

Today, English translations and variations of Nietzsche’s maxim are often used for ironic effect. But they are also frequently used in a positive way, to express optimism and determination in the face of adversity.

Many people might be surprised to learn that Nietzsche’s original German line was used as a motto for Hitler’s Nazi youth camps."

Charlene Dargay Apr 12, 2016

Problem is, "rock bottom" is littered by the bodies of the slaughtered, the defeated, those who would never rise again.

[JDeere]

Another thing that made me smile was actually getting to do something my way, for a change.

[C0LLETTE]

Google it. Educate yourself. Learn the reality. Knowledge is a wonderful thing.


I did google it.... it isn't on ANY site I could find including the BJS. Perhaps you could give me a hint where you found it.

[MsTinkerbelly]

I smiled all through the women's rally today...tomorrow I may be in bed, but today I smiled. :)

[C0LLETTE]

I'm beginning to understand why you smiled at Trump's inauguration: like Trump you belong to the "insult and dismiss" school of discourse and when you are caught spouting bullshit, you become even more insulting and dismissive.

Well ok. So here's some "ad hominem" in return: Stick to watching baby eagles. They don't talk back.

[Glenn]

ALL- Native Americans weren't registered as citizens until 1924. And All Native Americans were not allowed to vote until 1982? In some western states they are STILL being denied the right to vote!-

[cinnamongrrl]

I'm smiling on the inside. I'm grateful to have a strong community to learn from. Lets remember the love.

:)

[Cin]

Wrong.

All women got the right to vote under the 19th amendment passed in 1920.

Black men got the right to vote under the 15th amendment passed in 1870.

Seriously folks, learn some history.


The example I used about women's suffrage was not to say women didn't get the right to vote in 1920. The point I was trying to make is that without a focus on the places where oppression intersects you have the 19th amendment, that gives women the right to vote butting up against state laws and a variety of practices that effectively disenfranchised black women in the South, (black men too) and it took the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's to effect some change, as Anya pointed out. And as Glenn pointed out Native Americans were not citizens and denied the right to vote for another 4 years. My whole point centers on the problems inherent in a feminism that is focused on the general problems which occur for all women and ignores problems unique to lower class women, lesbians, women of color, non binary persons, etc. A feminism over focused on white, straight, upper/middle class, binary conforming women is a feminism that leaves too many women behind. In other words I do not agree with your statement that intersectional feminism dilutes and derails the very meaning and essence of feminism. I believe just the opposite.

[BullDog]

Well Kobi that is one of the most bizarre posts I have ever read. Yeah let's advance feminism by voting in a man who brags of sexual assault, goes into a teen beauty pageant to ogle naked teenage girls, is working to take away the Violence of Women's Act, repeal Roe v. Wade and really I could go on for days and days and days with more. Unreal.




SMH. Once again we seem to have a reading comprehension problem.

What you are reacting to is a deliberate distortion of what was said. And you are taking your own distortion as fact and running with it.

The media has taught you well.

Im sorry your candidate lost. She lost for a reason. The democratic party lost for a reason. You lost because you werent listening and still insist on not listening.

Feel free to spend the next 4 years spinning your wheels and immersed in anger and hatred.

Enough.



One of your pet phrases is we have a "reading comprehension problem." Everything I said in my post is true about Trump and has nothing to do with reading. There is tape of him bragging about sexual assault, it is a fact that he was in a room with teen beauty pageant contests when they were in a state of undress, he has taken steps towards getting rid of the Violence Against Women Act, he supports repealing Roe v. Wade. These are all facts.


At our rally today in Albuquerque today, one of the speakers spoke about feminism that is not intersectional and inclusive is nothing but white supremacy. I agree 100%.

Enough is right. Enough of your bullshit. I'm not wasting any more time on your attention-seeking, trollish, hateful self.

[candy_coated_bitch]

Holding hands with my butch while watching live footage of the march on Washington.

[Kenna]

Today did...for several reasons

[Gemme]

Sorry to see that reading comprehension doesnt seem to be your forte.

Everything you said has been addressed. Read it again.

Women are still slaves to a patriarchial system and will continue to be so until they wake up and smell the coffee. What we have gotten are carefully dispensed crumbs to quell the masses which, in the end, serve the patriarchy and keep women oppressed. Simple concept which is manifested in very complex ways every single freakin day.

Enough of the nonsense.




Wow.

I know we're not supposed to be shitty to other members of the site, but bravo to YOU.

Someone's bucking for a first place ribbon in asshattery.

I'm thinking...even with my poor comprehension skills and whatnot...that you just might get it.

:blink:

[Gemme]

Holding hands with my butch while watching live footage of the march on Washington.

My coworker and I looked at many of the marches going on around the country and internationally and I was very proud. That definitely made me smile.

[LeftWriteFemme]

I finished writing my 8th century historic fiction!
I began writing it on 6/7/2012 9:14 AM and completed it 1/21/2017 8:02 PM
I am very excited!
52,216 words, my longest book so far
....I think this is book 38 or 39



.

[nycfem]

Kobi in your criticism of Obama as not being feminist you wrote:

"Obama threatened to withhold federal educational dollars from all school systems if they did not allow transgendered students to have bathroom choices until title ix. The transgendered population compromises what....2% of the population?"

Isn't demanding that ALL women and girls (whether cis or trans) have a safe space to use the restroom feminist? Since when is it okay to dismiss some women's safety because they are in the minority? Sisterhood to me means leaving no sister behind.

[C0LLETTE]

I may be mistaken, and I'll admit that up front, but the point for most Radical Feminists is that Transwomen are not women and never can be and therefore not "sisters" and their inclusion is part of the intersectional feminism that radical feminists abhor.

If I'm wrong, I'll just write this off as a bad guess.

[nycfem]

There are radical feminists and then there are TERFs, TRANS-EXCLUSIONARY radical feminists. I would hope that Kobi is not speaking from a point of view that excludes the support of equal rights for women who are transgender. We have femmes on this site who are of a trans background, and we welcome them and expect others to welcome them. Anti-trans rhetoric is not welcome on this site towards femmes, butches, or FTMs.

I may be mistaken, and I'll admit that up front, but the point for most Radical Feminists is that Transwomen are not women and never can be and therefore not "sisters" and their inclusion is part of the intersectional feminism that radical feminists abhor.

If I'm wrong, I'll just write this off as a bad guess.

[theoddz]

Kobi, I have often loved your posts, sometimes because the ideas you present make me look at a larger picture, or a different view than I may have otherwise considered. I wanted to say something here, though, that I am not, in any way, trying to antagonize or bait. I am honestly trying to understand your actions (specifically, voting for Trump), because this is really confusing me.





Hard to discuss feminism when women refuse to see, recognize or even know when misogyny is slapping them in their face.Even more detrimental when women support politicians, male or female, who have no qualms of victimizing them even more.

Actions speak louder than words.



[COLOR="Black"]If you believe that it is truly "even more detrimental", as a woman and feminist, to support people who would only further victimize you more, then why, on G-d's little green acre, would you, as a woman and avowed feminist, support and vote for a known abuser/oppressor (Trump)?? Especially when you know he is going to make things far worse for you and your sisters. Your words don't jive with your actions. Is there some other reason, which you are not saying, as to why you voted for Trump??

Really, it would seem that your claim of being such a staunch and engaged feminist, is in direct and obvious conflict with the act of voting for and supporting someone with such an egregious history of disrespecting women and making vile comments, such as "grabbing them by the p*ssy", etc. Can you honestly see other staunch feminists voting for and/or supporting Donald Trump?? For what plausible reason could this ever happen?? In whose universe?? Are you really a feminist?? I want to understand. That's all I'm trying to get at, here.

I don't think I'm the only confused member here. :blink:

[COLOR="Blue"]~Theo~ :bouquet:

[Gráinne]

And here I go stepping in cautiously, with a question. I know many women are protesting Trump; I get it. But what about Bill Clinton, who did unspeakable things in the Oval Office? The alternative to Trump and his Jupiter-size ego was the enabling wife of that philanderer. I can't see why any feminist would want him anywhere close to the White House again (and he would have been in there somehow).

[BullDog]

And here I go stepping in cautiously, with a question. I know many women are protesting Trump; I get it. But what about Bill Clinton, who did unspeakable things in the Oval Office? The alternative to Trump and his Jupiter-size ego was the enabling wife of that philanderer. I can't see why any feminist would want him anywhere close to the White House again (and he would have been in there somehow).


I don't blame Melania Trump for Donald Trump's treatment of women and I don't blame Hillary Clinton for Bill Clinton's either. And I think referring to Hillary Clinton as an enabling wife is really sexist. She was candidate for President of the United States and one of the most qualified to ever run for that office. She's not just somebody's wife whose husband was going to be around if she was elected president of our country.

[BullDog]

I'm still smiling over the solidarity that we all showed at the events on Saturday.

[Gemme]

And here I go stepping in cautiously, with a question. I know many women are protesting Trump; I get it. But what about Bill Clinton, who did unspeakable things in the Oval Office? The alternative to Trump and his Jupiter-size ego was the enabling wife of that philanderer. I can't see why any feminist would want him anywhere close to the White House again (and he would have been in there somehow).

The main difference is that Bill Clinton's philandering was consensual and that he did not condone violence against women and he certainly did not brag about it.

That doesn't make it right, but it is different.

I don't blame Melania Trump for Donald Trump's treatment of women and I don't blame Hillary Clinton for Bill Clinton's either. And I think referring to Hillary Clinton as an enabling wife is really sexist. She was candidate for President of the United States and one of the most qualified to ever run for that office. She's not just somebody's wife whose husband was going to be around if she was elected president of our country.

I agree with your description of Hillary Clinton, and that makes me smile because I also believe that she was the most qualified person for the job, but I do feel that she knew about his dalliances. Of course, they are HIS dalliances and the fact that he did what he did should not reflect on her but her behavior afterwards does. I think a lot of folks remembered that. Unfortunately, very strong women have always had a steeper hill to climb than even a weak man.

[Gemme]

Being fully thread compliant, I smiled with my coworker today, listening to Abraham's one liners from The Walking Dead. I laughed too because his character was funny as Hell.

[JDeere]

Work, yes work made me smile.

[gotoseagrl]

Puppy eyes that fight sleep.

[candy_coated_bitch]

Veering off the road for a giant soft pretzel.

[cinnamongrrl]

A hug from my boss.

She needed me to bail her out of a job she was over her head on. She gave me a nice monetary tip for my troubles.

I was sincerely happy just for the hug <3

[Gemme]

It's a sad day but it's also a day off and I shall appreciate it accordingly. I've made plans and they make me happy and so I smiled.

[candy_coated_bitch]

My butch rescuing my car from the ice and snow even though I know she really didn't want to. My hero.

[cinnamongrrl]

A new and exciting hiking spot

And the office manager called while I was on the mountain top to offer me a change in my schedule which I'm happy for :)

[easygoingfemme]

I was able to get housing for a woman who really needed it and it felt good to see her relief settling in after some really hard times.

An email from a friend whose daughter donated her hair to a children's cancer/wig making foundation in my name. They got a certificate in the mail today confirming the receipt of her hair and they sent me a copy of it. It had my name and her daughters name on there together. She's only 8 years old. It was really sweet.

[homoe]

reading Chad's posts..............

[~SweetCheeks~]

The 3 mile hike my Aunt and I took today. Setting up an interview for this weekend.

[Chad]

reading Chad's posts..............

Haha! I am glad that my silliness makes you smile. That makes me smile too. Thanks buddy.

:cowboy:

[A. Spectre]

Women are knitting sweaters for elephants to keep them cozy. <3


Cozy winter garments, made with love, are a bit like hugs that you can wear. And these lucky elephants clearly couldn't be happier to feel that warm embrace from people who took the time to care.

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/people-knit-giant-sweaters-rescue-elephants-14.jpg

A cold snap is underway across northern India, home to the Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care Center, and everyone is feeling the chill.

Fortunately, the sanctuary's pachyderm residents, each of whom was rescued from a sad life of exploitation and abuse, aren't having to face the freezing temperatures unprotected.

As it turns out, a group of big-hearted local villagers have been knitting giant sweaters to keep the elephants warm.

http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/people-knit-giant-sweaters-rescue-elephants-8.jpg

Creating custom-knit clothing for the largest land mammals on earth is no quick and easy task — but the volunteers did it with a smile. Wildlife SOS cofounder Kartick Satyanarayan told The Dodo that it took about four weeks for them to make each one.

Still, the knitters didn't skimp on adding colorful flair to the elephants' new duds.


http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/people-knit-giant-sweaters-rescue-elephants-6.jpg