Princess and Career

The following link raises an important point that there is more a girl can do than being a princess.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Visits 'Sesame Street' To Talk About Careers (VIDEO)

Although it is a valid point, I would have to somewhat disagree with the approach. It really comes down to the definition of what a princess is, and there are many views on that. Although there are no organization that would hire you to be a princess, there is nothing wrong with being a princess and having a job that can be called a career.

I believe that when girls (including myself) say that we want to be a princess, we actually refer to a state of being rather than a job that you can get fired from or get promotions in. Even though it may not be an actual job, it still has an important role to play and it is much more than a reference to an outdated monarchy. A princess is someone who inspires others. They cause movements (like Princess Leia). They represent strength, like a warrior princess. They don't necessarily have to be born in a royal family (a lot of Disney Princesses were not and some had other jobs). Many princesses including the Disney ones fight for what they believe in and are willing to endure hardship for a cause they believe in. I would go as far as saying that many feminists are also princesses.

I know a lot of the characters I am referring to are fictional but it is the spirit behind the character that is important. The power of fiction is sometimes overlooked and often misused in our society.

There are challenges to being a princess as well. For example, the "title" can often make someone become egotistical. And they have to do the work needed to realize that a princess does not have a function without the other people she interacts with. And in addition to that many businesses may exploit this desire of young girls to be a princess by selling to them the "right way" of being a princess.

I think it would be better to point out to the young girl (or boy) that that they can be whoever they want to be, even a princess, regardless of their career which is a separate thing. And that they can also be a "grown up" princess and it is also fun.

One Billion Rising on the Day of Love

On the 14th of February 2013, one billion people worldwide will rise to show that they represent the part of humanity that has decided to stop gender based violence. I think it is a significant event that is part of humanity's puberty and its eventual maturity.

As far as I know, on average females go through puberty earlier than males. This event will contain the women and men ("early bloomers" one might call them) and people from the various points in the gender spectrum who are ready to go through one of the next steps of humanity's maturity. They are the ones who are willing to take the step to asserting that gender is not an excuse for violence and that at least this one-third of humanity will not consciously participate in any violence anymore and will not tolerate the existence of violence in our space.

It is part of our conscious puberty. Love, which is also by its nature incompatible with violence, will be celebrated towards the goal of the non-existence of violence. As the sun rises in each country on the 14th of February, the wave of our conscious intent to cease the existence of violence, will sweep across the planet one longitude at a time.

And I hope that it will continue to do so until the remaining two-thirds of humanity catches up with us.

I will be in Victoria at the time and so I will celebrate it there through my physical form. In spirit I will be there with all of humanity all over the world.

Here are the events in Victoria:
https://www.facebook.com/events/498439303528919/
https://www.facebook.com/events/418579004863377/
https://www.facebook.com/SacredCircleRising

Here is the main global website:
http://onebillionrising.org/