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A final goodbye to Ovarit 💚
Below is a poem I wrote some years ago now, I share it now as a parting “goodbye” for all the brilliant, brave women of Ovarit.
There are so many familiar names and it has been such a lovely, women-centric community - I have laughed A LOT, cried on occasion and definitely learned so much about true feminism and sisterhood over the years I’ve frequented this site.
I’m not sure I’ll use any other platform so...goodbye sisters, goodbye Ovarit, thank you for everything.
What is a woman?
The clothes we wear?
Perfect makeup and styled hair?
The purse we carry?
Lipstick?
Heels?
Stereotypes and gender feels?
NO.
We are women,
In blood and bone,
In every organ and chromosome,
We are women,
Born, not bred,
NOT an idea in a sick man’s head,
It doesn’t matter how you feel,
Woman is not your word to steal,
Our bodies aren’t yours to appropriate,
Our female biology is innate,
You bully and push and colonise and take,
But feelings do not a female make,
We are women, female, distinct from you,
No amount of terror can change what’s true,
WE are women, strong and proud,
Lies are lies, however loud,
The truth WILL out, the cult will fail,
Women are female, NEVER male.
Love this, thanks for sharing. Blessings to you and yours 💚🤍💜
Thank you Itz.
I’ll miss your wit in the women’s circle. This poem should be turned into a lively chant. We shall take it in our hearts and put it outward. We can still rally for women everywhere, in every corner of the world. They cannot silence all of us.
You are a good writer! :)
Thank you so much 💚 I always recognise your name and enjoy your comments :)
This made me tear up whilst filled with joy and hope. Thank you Itzpapalotl for this beautiful parting gift to the sisterhood! <3
Thank you.
I'd like to put it on my Facebook, but who do I give credit to?
Just Itzpapalotl is fine - I’ll keep this name if I ever get any other social media :) also, I’m glad you liked it!
Beautiful, thank you, Itzpapalotl. I hope we find each other in real life, even if we don't know it. Maybe a shared smile on a train or a helping hand at a store. Best to you, rad sister. I'm saving the poem.
Oh gosh your comment made me both smile and get teary-eyed. I think it sums up exactly how I'm feeling.