Fifty years. A half century. Almost an eternity. The time went fast.
Fifty years ago, Hurricane Agnes roared up the east coast wiping out crops and caused major flooding. At the time, we lived in South Carolina. As I recall, it rained one afternoon, and that was all we got from Agnes.
Fifty years ago, Ms. Magazine came into being. It was a wonderful magazine that didn’t try to shove June Cleaver down my throat. Instead of recipes using boxed mixes, I read about the dalkon shield – an IUD that was taken off the market because it was unsafe. Of course, a few thousand woman had to have their uteruses perforated before the dalkon shield came off the US market. Leftover stock got dumped on Third World countries. “Let George do it!” Let George be in charge of contraception.
Fifty years ago, burglars broke into the Democratic Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel. The purpose? To screw with the Democrats so Nixon could be re-elected. Two young reporters at the Washington Post, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, brought down a president by telling the truth about evil in the White House.
Fifty years ago, Nixon signed Title IX into law. People think Title IX is about athletics. It is, but that’s not all it’s about.
“No person in the United States shall on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”
No mention of athletics. It would take another 18 years before the University at Buffalo School of Law had a class that was 50% women. I was in that class.
Fifty years ago, I got married. I’m still married. To the same guy.
I’ve been working on designs for my Spoonflower shop. Today, I sent off 126 designs to have proofs made. A few days ago, I got back a set of proofs, and I’m working on putting 84 new designs in my Spoonflower shop. These are some of the new designs I’ve been working on.
I think I’ve found a use for all that fabric with proofs on them. Forty-two designs on one yard of fabric. I need to make myself shorts. I also need to make boxers for Jim. The last time I counted, I had 12 yards of proofs.
I’m linking with Nina Marie here: http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/
My Spoonflower shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman
My store, Deb Thuman Art, is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com
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