Celebration of womanhood...

You guys should watch the Vietnamese/Chinese film Red River.  Its about a young girl that gets traumatised by witnessing her fathers death and grows up 'retarded', for want of a better word.  She meets someone who closely resembles her father and starts a platonic relationship.  He tries to help her but there are other powerful forces attempting to exploit her and eventually they have to contend with a powerful crime boss.  An awesome film set on the border of China and Vietnam, watch it if you dare!

A Viet Cong guerrilla stands guard in the Mekong Delta.

no not yet Janie but i've just been looking at the reviews of it on Amazon, i will read it as soon as i can

It's an emotional/chilling read, I'll be curious to hear what you think.  I shall read 'In Order to Live' next and see for myself.  It will be interesting to see if the two characters in each book shared similar views of their country.  Cheers for the tip.

Can I ask a serious and genuine question? Do you ladies self identify as feminists?

First time you've admitted it Kay, I think :-)

Kaydo, are you are a chick? NO WAY! I thought you was a dude!  Maybe you get dude feminists? Scottish women have always been pretty strong , 'are yeh hawnless', 

Thought you'd have sussed that one Robbie! ;-)

Actually no, I was of the opinion, given Kaydos posting style that she was a dude.  I said as much ages ago, but well we are human and prone to aberration and mistakes are therefore inevitable.  Its illogical and unreasonable to think otherwise.

Kaydo what ails you, are we not Scots, on this night of our national poet, can we not breach the East- West divide?

We like 'meaty', chicks in Glasgow, no stick insects please

I can't speak for anyone else.  But... Yes, of course I am.  Of course I would like to see a females paid the same as a man for equal work and yes I would support a female's rights over control of her own body and yes I'm right behind women who want to defend their rights to be independent and not be controlled and demeaned by anyone who thinks they are better than they are because of gender.  I don't study feminism, I don't wave banners or write books or burn my bra. 

I'm just someone who believes females should have equal treatment and respect and be given the same consideration, credit and admiration in their achievements... hence this thread.

Got a problem with that?

Please don't make nasty body-shaming comments in my thread. 

Me neither.  I wouldn't want to take a short week home to you Babytigrrr!!  :-)

being paid same as some one else is an invalid parrotmeter

Ditto.

I want equal pay to men for the same work.   I'm simply of the belief that women are not better than men and men and not better than women.   Men AND women should be called out on their sexism.

Now, back to the thread topic.  Which IS NOT about feminism and it's NOT about men vs women.  And it's NOT about people's looks or critiquing people's bodies.

Thanks.