Gave up on men. Feels freeing

I gave birth!! Genuinely the most amazing thing my body has done. It was too late for an epidural for me so I did it unmedicated. My sweet baby boy is now in my arms and I cannot be happier!

I joined a local group of musicians and rose to a leadership position while raising three kids!

My wife and I sometimes use the app Yik Yak which is anonymous chatting with other users within a few miles - for us that's mostly university students. Since it's 100% anonymous I feel safe being my full radfem self on there. So I use Yik Yak to push back on the horrible porn-soaked culture these people are living in, and particularly to lift up the women who are having a hard time, and let them know they deserve better.

Today I made a post about how gross it is when men try to choke women during sex. My wife made one about how men need to stop watching porn. Both of them got a surprisingly large # of upvotes. I feel good about it because we are starting conversations and voicing opinions that are almost never seen, otherwise.

I am mentoring a group of young career women once a week. We bring in successful more established women to tell their stories give advice and answer questions, work on skills such as presenting, facilitating, and underlying it all, building confidence as professional women. I do this pro bono ( this is the sort of thing my company does for its clients). I coach them individually too, but time constraints with the day job means I can't do too much of that. It's one of those, 'wish I'd have had something like this back when...' It's a way of giving back in gratitude for the mentors, sponsors and allies who helped me. I thoroughly enjoy it.

Good for you! The reason I actually committed to no longer was shaving was because I thought about my nieces and goddaughter growing up without seeing unaltered women's bodies, and it broke my heart.

I got the new moon circle for my women's spirituality group back up and running in October, and I have received some wonderful feedback from the participants. It's been wonderful to see so many women of so many backgrounds coming together and sharing their stories. It's also becomes so apparent that even the libfems really know what makes a woman a woman when they aren't in an oppressive space.

I made it through a trip with some rather materialistic/looks-focused family members while existing as myself without make and with grey hair at a young age, and not even stressing too much about it (only a little). Sounds simple but this has been a challenge for me for years.

Good on you for setting an example for your niece of a woman being comfortable with her natural appearance. I've been making a conscious effort to fight the urge to give right of way to men in walking spaces. It's wild seeing how often they will almost collide before it registers to them that they need to be the ones to move instead of expecting women to make way.

I'm working on my mental health right now by frequenting radfem Tumblr again in an attempt to help liberate my thinking from being braindead to being enlightened. That is to say, I'm trying to learn how to love being a woman instead of trying to use gender identity to separate myself from my womanhood. It's not easy, but I know I can do it.