Women's history month
- BaddGramma GoddessJustine
- Mar 21
- 3 min read
It's an important month to celebrate as anyone with a mother knows. (Pictured above is my friend Francesca Gentill, Clinical Sexologist and yours truly at my BDSM Munch, The Femdom Salon in Oakland CA in 2018)
We are both mothers in the literal sense and in the way we mother our community and our partners . Single mothers like us really never get to retire unless they get incredibly lucky. I wouldn't mind being taken care of but the odds are not in my favor.
Let me just go on a little rant here. Maybe it's the moon. We know it's not my actual period, cramps or PMS because those situs haven't happened since age 35 when they removed all of my female organs. (No more Endometriosis?)
Back to my ramp. Single working mothers deserve way more credit. Maybe they deserve more pay too.... maybe 15 to 25% more than any man. And they deserve to work from home more often for obvious reasons. The extra pay will help us afford the extra care we need when it comes to our bodies and our children. Or maybe our agent parents. Oh and it's time to start hiring older women for those cool jobs that go to the bro bros most of the time. Last thought on equity for us. Sooooo many of us wind up single mothers. Why should we be living in poverty?!
I'm not the type to jump on a bandwagon but woman's history month is just too hard to pass up. So I'm going to post some of my favorite women making history or made in the past.
There are so many to choose from, especially here in Northern California. This place really does attract the diverse and interesting crowd. It is perfect for a curious individual like me! So on with my list.
In no particular order:
Veronica Franco (1546-1591), the most famous courtesan of renaissance Venice, was a poet, proto-feminist and philanthropist. As a cortigiana onesta, or “honored courtesan,” Franco belonged to a literary and social elite.
From good Ole Wikipedia:
Franco received a respectable humanistic education at a young age from her brother's tutor, an unusual opportunity for Venetian women. She continued her education by mixing with learned men, writers, and painters. This granted her access to a Domenico Venier, a patron and advisor to women writers.
She existed at a time before photography but there is a portrait of her. It is called portrait of a lady. I'm so glad I don't have to be a lady. Unless I want to!
From the University
Portrait of a Lady, painted around 1574, is often attributed to Tintoretto or one of his followers. It depicts a woman from the bust up. Her eyes gaze away from the spectator to her left. A crown of loose red curls adorns her head. She is clad in layers of clothing–a white ruffled camicia (a traditional undershirt), a rose bodice with embroidery and beading, a lace overlay (on her shoulders), and a dark velvet wrap. She also wears delicate bow-shaped earrings, a pearl choker, and, stretching diagonally across her chest in ancient Roman Style, a long pearl and jewel necklace."
(The USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is the academic core of the University of Southern California.)
It's been said that Veronica Franco turned down multiple marriage proposals late in life. I applaud her for that. After going through witch trials who can blame her? But I bet those dumb fu*kers who could have, should have, asked while they both still had lots of life in them? They can go to hell. Alone ;)
Up next:
Polly Superstar
Auntie Vice
Jezebel of The Black Thorn
Francesca Gentille
Veronica Monet
Jaylene Benness
Suggestions and anecdotes welcome.
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