A Powerful Noise

I jump on. insert my card. say hello. walk to my seat. sit down. sigh. unzip. dig. dig. dig. crap. sigh.

After a night of babysitting on Monday night I was ready to plug into my i-pod and drift into a wonderful daze for the rest of the bus ride home. That would have been great if I had brought my i-pod. I was upset with myself at first, but then remembered something my roommates teacher had said. They have us all so plugged into our i-pods, cellphones, t.v. shows, that we don't even take a stand anymore. It's true. We don't put up a fight for our rights anymore. Back in the 60's and 70's if they saw something they didn't like they let the government and everyone know that they didn't like it. Now we just complain to our friends and then change the channel.

Well after remembering this I was glad I didn't have my i-pod and enjoyed observing people and the city. At one particular stop I looked out the window to see an advertisement for the film A Powerful Noise. It looked interesting and at the bottom said, "In celebration of International Women's Day." WHO KNEW! We have a whole day! The bus began to pull away so I quickly looked for the date..."In select theatres nationwide for one night." One night March 5, 2009 6:30 pm.
Not only will the documentary be showing, but afterwards there will be a town hall discussion live with humanitarians and activists. (Natalie Portman, Nicholas Kristof, Christy Turlington Burns, Madeleine K. Albright and more)

This is such an amazing event to take part in and I hope people will. This week has given me so much hope for the Take Back the Night event we are planning and for the organization we want to begin. I have hope that people will question and take part in events that we plan, not just women but men also. In one of my classes yesterday there was a guy in my class who announced an event on campus, The F Word...Feminism. Last night they held a reading (poetry, short stories) all about women and feminism...The guy in my class was hosting the event. This began a whole new level of hope for our society and how men and women interact and treat one another.

All in all this has been a good few days.
I don't think I'll bring my i-pod on the bus anymore.