MUSINGS

I read an article yesterday that rubbed me the wrong way.  I am a 21st century woman, in every sense of the phrase.  I work, I have a family, I have pets, I cook and clean and pimp engine parts for offshore generators.    The article that got me was this one .  The woman featured is named Suzanne Venker , she is an avid anti-feminism fighter.  This in itself isn't a bad thing, it's the hypocritical way in which she goes about it that chaps me.  Anyone who knows me knows I have a very low bull shit tolerance, and on this one?  I call BULL SHIT! Ok, let's take a breakdown of her philosophy.  She believes that a married woman's job is to take care of children and run a home.  She argues that juggling a full time job and children are not natural or good for a woman.  She firmly believes in the "traditional" ideal of women being inferior to men.  A woman's place is in the home, faithful and obedient.  She has made the stateme...

While I'm sick at home with the latest crud, I figured I'd take the time to update some Facebook photos and start putting my year together, since I'm bound and determined that next year will kick major ass.  I did a photo YIR, now a written one. January started out with what has become a beginning of the year regular:  the Mid-Winter Fair and Rodeo.  I waited 15 years to see one the first year we went.  I've lived in Lafayette for 17, and had never once been to that rodeo.  I'm a country girl, rodeos are something we do, I love them.  We moved on into the year with the usual festivals and concerts.  My daughter and I have made Festival Internationale , Mardi Gras and Festivales L'Acadiens et Creoles a yearly must.  Those are our favourites, there are plenty of other festivals throughout Acadiana that we try to make, but those are the best in our humble opinions.  This year I was lucky enough to have my wonderful Sister and her children joi...