b+mb the systems 2: severing the feminine from her own knowing

In­ter­na­tion­al Women’s Day, my ass.

While in­di­vid­ual women dis­cov­er how to tran­scend cen­turies-old sup­pres­sion of the feminine, 

we are far torn from giv­ing the fem­i­nine its place in form­ing our sys­tems, gov­ern­ment, and so­cial constructs. 

The cri­tique of pa­tri­archy is not about power,

it’s about con­scious­ly and un­con­scious­ly sev­er­ing the fem­i­nine from her own knowing. 

So In­ter­na­tion­al Women’s Day

thus

is re­al­ly just a rubric to mea­sure how the col­lec­tive mas­cu­line is do­ing in its abil­i­ty to serve and pro­tect na­ture itself, 

and women’s lives 

and in­stincts, nur­tur­ing, intuition:
 

•  Se­cur­ing women’s rights:  F

•  Pro­tect­ing na­ture:  F

•  Hon­or­ing moth­er­hood:  C

•  Women in pol­i­tics:  C-

•  Re­spect­ing women’s sex­u­al­i­ty:  C

•  Safe­ty walk­ing alone at night:  C

•  Car­ing about women’s sex­u­al ex­pe­ri­ences:  D

•  Deep listening/seeing:  C

•  Pri­or­i­tiz­ing women’s input/requests:  D
 

•  In­di­vid­u­al­ly, my own sense of in­stincts, sex­u­al­i­ty, abil­i­ty to nur­ture and ex­e­cute, abil­i­ty to care for self, mul­ti­ple peo­ple, land and gar­dens, com­mu­ni­ty, and leg­is­la­tion at a time:  A

•  Av­er­age lev­el of care I give to men in my life:  A
 

 

—ruby roth

Flom­mist Ruby Roth is an artist, de­sign­er, cre­ative strate­gist, and the au­thor-il­lus­tra­tor of four lead­ing books for kids. Her work has been fea­tured on To­day, CNN, FOX, NBC, ABC News, and oth­er ma­jor me­dia out­lets. Copy­right © 2025 Ruby Roth.

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