The following information was written by me and is posted on the "Activism" page on my Riot Grrrl Online website.
What Is Activism?
Activism is any intentional action to bring political or social change. This action is in support of, or opposition to, one side of an argument. The word "activism" is often associated with "protest" or "dissent". Activism can take a wide range of forms, from writing letters to newspapers, protesting, boycotting, blogging, and a number of other tactics. Activism means getting involved in causes or issues that affect you as a person. Activism can be considered DIY or do it yourself as well. There are many ways to get involved in activism.
35 Ways You Can Get Involved In Activism
1.) Make a zine...online or in real life. (DIY as well)
2.) Make a zine distro...online or in real life. (DIY as well)
3.) Submit articles, submissions, classifieds, etc. for a zine.
4.) Create a Ladyfest in your area. (DIY as well)
5.) Support and join ladyfests
6.) Help organize a ladyfest. (DIY as well)
7.) Make a blog, start up a journal, message board, or website. (DIY as well)
8.) Participate in websites, message boards, blogs, etc.
9.) Protest about something you are for or against. (DIY as well)
10.) Sign or start petitions...online or in real life. (DIY as well)
11.) Vote in elections. (DIY as well)
12.) Start a journal...in real life. (DIY only)
13.) Make an online group, such as on yahoo, msn, myspace, etc. (DIY as well)
14.) Write a book. (DIY as well)
15.) Make your own recipes. Don't go traditional, try to make your own food and desserts. (DIY only)
16.) Start your own non-profit organization. (DIY only)
17.) Start a band, write songs, and/or play an instrument. (DIY as well)
18.) Visit websites of important causes/issues and visit click-to-donate websites.
19.) Make art and be an artist. (DIY as well)
20.) Make pins, patches, shirts, clothing, jewelry, stickers, and/or buttons (DIY as well)
21.) Donate blood to the Red Cross and donate an organ to somebody that needs it. You can also donate organs when you die, to be used for research. This involves signing a paper and leaving the request in a will.
22.) Visit a hospital and/or a nursing home. You could be making someone's day.
23.) Donate money to charity or to a non-profit organization.
24.) Write the government or elected officials a letter.
25.) Start your own record label. (DIY as well)
26.) Make and hand out flyers. (DIY as well)
27.) Start your own riot grrrl chapter or join a riot grrrl chapter. Hold riot grrrl conventions. (DIY as well)
28.) Make posters. (DIY as well)
29.) Start a support group, such as for survivors of cancer, abuse, etc. (DIY as well)
30.) Share your stories with others. Others stories can inspire us and can remind us that we are not alone in what we are going through.
31.) Write about causes or issues that are important to you. This is also called ranting, if you share your opinions about the cause or issue. You can also write essays on a cause or issue.
32.) Find your passion. There are lots of causes and issues out there that could inspire you and be your passion. I can't make a list because it would be never ending. You can find some causes and issues on dmoz.org, under "Society". It is a web directory. You can even do a search for "causes", "issues", "get involved", "list of causes", and "list of issues".
33.) Volunteer at a shelter.
34.) Create and/or Organize a fundraiser. (DIY as well)
35.) Advocate for a general cause or issue.
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
The Herstory Of Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there!
Here is some history of Mother's Day. After you read the article below, you will find my commentary about the article.
I found this article here: http://www.holidays.net/mother/story.htm.
The History (AKA Herstory) Of Mother’s Day
Celebrating motherhood is a historical tradition dating back almost as far as mothers themselves. A number of ancient cultures paid tribute to mothers as goddesses, including the ancient Greeks, who celebrated Rhea, the mother of all gods. The ancient Romans also honored their mother goddess, Cybele, in a notoriously rowdy springtime celebration and the Celtic Pagans marked the coming of spring with a fertility celebration linking their goddess Brigid together with the first milk of the ewes.
During the 17th century, those living on the British isles initiated a religious celebration of motherhood, called Mothering Sunday, which was held on the forth Sunday during the Lenten season. This holiday featured the reunification of mothers and their children, separated when working class families had to send off their young children to be employed as house servants. On Mothering Sunday, the child servants were allowed to return home for the day to visit with their parents. The holiday’s popularity faded in the 19th century, only to be reincarnated during World War II when U.S. servicemen reintroduced the sentimental (and commercial) aspects of the celebration American counterpart.
In the United States, Mother’s Day experienced a series of false starts before eventually transitioning into the “Hallmark” holiday that we celebrate today. In 1858, Anna Reeves Jarvis was the first woman to hold an official celebration of mothers, when in her home state of West Virginia, she instituted Mothers’ Work Day to raise awareness about local sanitation issues. During the Civil War, she expanded the scope of Mothers’ Work Day to include sanitary conditions on both sides of the battlefield.
Meanwhile Julia Ward Howe, author of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” attempted to institute a national celebration of mothers that honored women’s inclinations toward peace (rather than cleanliness). In 1872, she initiated and promoted a Mother’s Day for Peace, to be held on June 2, which was celebrated the following year by women in 18 cities across America. The holiday continued to be honored by Bostonian women for another decade, but eventually phased out after Howe stopped underwriting the cost of the celebrations.
Then in 1905, Anna Reeves Jarvis passed away and her daughter, Anna Jarvis, took up her mother’s torch. Anna swore on her mother’s gravesite that she would realize her lifelong dream of creating a national day to honor mothers. In 1907, Anna launched her campaign by handing out white carnations to congregants at her mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia. In 1908, her mother’s church acquiesced to Anna’s request to hold a special Sunday service in honor of mothers – a tradition that spread the very next year to churches in 46 states. In 1909, Anna left her job and dedicated herself to a full-time letter-writing campaign, imploring politicians, clergymen and civic leaders to institute a national day for mothers.
In 1912, Jarvis’ efforts met with success: Her home state of West Virginia adopted an official Mother’s Day; two years later, the U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution, signed by President Wilson, establishing a national Mother’s Day emphasizing the role of women in their families – and not, like Julia Ward Howe’s campaign, in the public arena. Ever since, Mother’s Day has been celebrated by Americans on the second Sunday in May.
Perhaps the country’s greatest proponent of motherhood, Anna Jarvis ironically never had children of her own. Yet that didn’t stop her from making the celebration of Mother’s Day her lifelong mission. In fact, as the holiday took on a life of its own, Jarvis expressed frequent dismay over its growing commercialization. “I wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not profit,” she is quoted as saying.
My Comments: I have to say that like Anna Jarvis, I do not have any children either. I am not a mother. I agree with Jarvis that mother’s day is now commercialized and about profit, thanks to the media. I do celebrate mother’s day to an extent. I celebrate my mom for mothering me, but I do not go overboard about it. I think that everyone should have their own way of celebrating mother’s day.
Here are a few ways you can show appreciation of your mother: buy your mother a card, take your mother out to eat, buy your mother something, or tell your mother how much you love and appreciate her. Remember, Simple gestures go a long way and the message gets across.
Here is some history of Mother's Day. After you read the article below, you will find my commentary about the article.
I found this article here: http://www.holidays.net/mother/story.htm.
The History (AKA Herstory) Of Mother’s Day
Celebrating motherhood is a historical tradition dating back almost as far as mothers themselves. A number of ancient cultures paid tribute to mothers as goddesses, including the ancient Greeks, who celebrated Rhea, the mother of all gods. The ancient Romans also honored their mother goddess, Cybele, in a notoriously rowdy springtime celebration and the Celtic Pagans marked the coming of spring with a fertility celebration linking their goddess Brigid together with the first milk of the ewes.
During the 17th century, those living on the British isles initiated a religious celebration of motherhood, called Mothering Sunday, which was held on the forth Sunday during the Lenten season. This holiday featured the reunification of mothers and their children, separated when working class families had to send off their young children to be employed as house servants. On Mothering Sunday, the child servants were allowed to return home for the day to visit with their parents. The holiday’s popularity faded in the 19th century, only to be reincarnated during World War II when U.S. servicemen reintroduced the sentimental (and commercial) aspects of the celebration American counterpart.
In the United States, Mother’s Day experienced a series of false starts before eventually transitioning into the “Hallmark” holiday that we celebrate today. In 1858, Anna Reeves Jarvis was the first woman to hold an official celebration of mothers, when in her home state of West Virginia, she instituted Mothers’ Work Day to raise awareness about local sanitation issues. During the Civil War, she expanded the scope of Mothers’ Work Day to include sanitary conditions on both sides of the battlefield.
Meanwhile Julia Ward Howe, author of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” attempted to institute a national celebration of mothers that honored women’s inclinations toward peace (rather than cleanliness). In 1872, she initiated and promoted a Mother’s Day for Peace, to be held on June 2, which was celebrated the following year by women in 18 cities across America. The holiday continued to be honored by Bostonian women for another decade, but eventually phased out after Howe stopped underwriting the cost of the celebrations.
Then in 1905, Anna Reeves Jarvis passed away and her daughter, Anna Jarvis, took up her mother’s torch. Anna swore on her mother’s gravesite that she would realize her lifelong dream of creating a national day to honor mothers. In 1907, Anna launched her campaign by handing out white carnations to congregants at her mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia. In 1908, her mother’s church acquiesced to Anna’s request to hold a special Sunday service in honor of mothers – a tradition that spread the very next year to churches in 46 states. In 1909, Anna left her job and dedicated herself to a full-time letter-writing campaign, imploring politicians, clergymen and civic leaders to institute a national day for mothers.
In 1912, Jarvis’ efforts met with success: Her home state of West Virginia adopted an official Mother’s Day; two years later, the U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution, signed by President Wilson, establishing a national Mother’s Day emphasizing the role of women in their families – and not, like Julia Ward Howe’s campaign, in the public arena. Ever since, Mother’s Day has been celebrated by Americans on the second Sunday in May.
Perhaps the country’s greatest proponent of motherhood, Anna Jarvis ironically never had children of her own. Yet that didn’t stop her from making the celebration of Mother’s Day her lifelong mission. In fact, as the holiday took on a life of its own, Jarvis expressed frequent dismay over its growing commercialization. “I wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not profit,” she is quoted as saying.
My Comments: I have to say that like Anna Jarvis, I do not have any children either. I am not a mother. I agree with Jarvis that mother’s day is now commercialized and about profit, thanks to the media. I do celebrate mother’s day to an extent. I celebrate my mom for mothering me, but I do not go overboard about it. I think that everyone should have their own way of celebrating mother’s day.
Here are a few ways you can show appreciation of your mother: buy your mother a card, take your mother out to eat, buy your mother something, or tell your mother how much you love and appreciate her. Remember, Simple gestures go a long way and the message gets across.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Contact Me
Contact The Author:
My email is listed on my Blogger Profile, which is again, on the right hand sidebar of this blog, under "About Me".
If your too lazy to look on my profile, here is my email address: grrrlsvomitcandy@NOSPAMhotmail.com is my email address. Just remove the words "NOSPAM" and you've got the email address.
When emailing me, DO NOT use subject lines like "Hi", "Hello", "Read this", "No Subject", or "Something for you"...they're too commonly used by spammers, increasing the likelihood that your message will wind up in my spam folder. Also, no blank subject lines. If you are emailing me about this blog or submitting/contributing something for this blog, please use subject lines like "Forwrrrd", "Your Blog", "Forwrrrd Blog", or something like that.
If you are emailing me regarding feminism, riot grrrl, or the Riot Grrrl Online website, please use subject lines like "Riot Grrrl Online", "RGO", "RGO User", "Riot Grrrl", "Feminism", "Feminist", "hot-topic website", "hot-topic", "hot-topic.org", or something of that sort.
You can also find me on the Riot Grrrl Online Forum located here.
My email is listed on my Blogger Profile, which is again, on the right hand sidebar of this blog, under "About Me".
If your too lazy to look on my profile, here is my email address: grrrlsvomitcandy@NOSPAMhotmail.com is my email address. Just remove the words "NOSPAM" and you've got the email address.
When emailing me, DO NOT use subject lines like "Hi", "Hello", "Read this", "No Subject", or "Something for you"...they're too commonly used by spammers, increasing the likelihood that your message will wind up in my spam folder. Also, no blank subject lines. If you are emailing me about this blog or submitting/contributing something for this blog, please use subject lines like "Forwrrrd", "Your Blog", "Forwrrrd Blog", or something like that.
If you are emailing me regarding feminism, riot grrrl, or the Riot Grrrl Online website, please use subject lines like "Riot Grrrl Online", "RGO", "RGO User", "Riot Grrrl", "Feminism", "Feminist", "hot-topic website", "hot-topic", "hot-topic.org", or something of that sort.
You can also find me on the Riot Grrrl Online Forum located here.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
About Forwrrrd
About The Blog:
The Forwrrrd Blog was created on April 14th, 2009. Forwrrrd is a blog about: activism, diy, equal rights, feminism, human rights, riot grrrl, women's rights, and other similar topics.
Forwrrrd also includes some of my online collections on the above subjects such as: online interviews I've done, emails, myspace messages, writings by me and other people, old website collections, and other online things I've received, regarding the above topics. Some stuff in this blog will be pertaining to my Riot Grrrl Online website. However, this blog is not part of the RGO website, but it does have the same concepts as RGO. Contributions to this blog are always welcome from anyone.
Purpose Of The Blog:
Forwrrrd exists to...
-teach others about activism, diy, equal rights, feminism, human rights, riot grrrl, women's rights, and similar topics.
-pull in people who don't identify themselves as "activists", "feminists", or "riot grrrls", but are interested in the topics discussed in this blog.
-be an online community where others can participate by commenting on entries and/or contributing articles/essays/etc.
-encourage others to be interested in some of the topics or all of the topics this blog is about.
About The Author:
My name is Greta and I run the "Forwrrrd" blog. I am also the creator of the Riot Grrrl Online website. I also administrate the Turpentine Forums. I also moderate a forum: Grunge Forum and I only moderate 2 boards on the Free Kurtney Nation: Sassy And Punk Forum. I created the Portal:Feminism on Wikipedia and the Feminism Task Force on Wikipedia. If you want to find out more about me, please visit my Blogger Profile, which is on the right hand sidebar of this blog under "About Me".
The Forwrrrd Blog was created on April 14th, 2009. Forwrrrd is a blog about: activism, diy, equal rights, feminism, human rights, riot grrrl, women's rights, and other similar topics.
Forwrrrd also includes some of my online collections on the above subjects such as: online interviews I've done, emails, myspace messages, writings by me and other people, old website collections, and other online things I've received, regarding the above topics. Some stuff in this blog will be pertaining to my Riot Grrrl Online website. However, this blog is not part of the RGO website, but it does have the same concepts as RGO. Contributions to this blog are always welcome from anyone.
Purpose Of The Blog:
Forwrrrd exists to...
-teach others about activism, diy, equal rights, feminism, human rights, riot grrrl, women's rights, and similar topics.
-pull in people who don't identify themselves as "activists", "feminists", or "riot grrrls", but are interested in the topics discussed in this blog.
-be an online community where others can participate by commenting on entries and/or contributing articles/essays/etc.
-encourage others to be interested in some of the topics or all of the topics this blog is about.
About The Author:
My name is Greta and I run the "Forwrrrd" blog. I am also the creator of the Riot Grrrl Online website. I also administrate the Turpentine Forums. I also moderate a forum: Grunge Forum and I only moderate 2 boards on the Free Kurtney Nation: Sassy And Punk Forum. I created the Portal:Feminism on Wikipedia and the Feminism Task Force on Wikipedia. If you want to find out more about me, please visit my Blogger Profile, which is on the right hand sidebar of this blog under "About Me".
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