when i deviated from the five plus two's theme definition of "movement" i wasn't aware of the composite challenge's theme of 'power'. so when i did, i thought i'd also use the same deviation with the power challenge.
power as in the ability to influence a change or course of events. power as in the women's rights movement that had its start in the mid-nineteenth century when women decided they were not going to be second class citizens anymore. it took a long time for women to get to where they are now in terms of freedom and equality. although the fight is not over yet, and it won't be for a long time, landmark changes has occurred and we are now beneficiaries of our predecessors' tireless efforts.
although i was, and still am, a believer of women's rights, i had never gone or joined any public protests, be it back in the old country or here (although i did in college where we protested against the american imperialism -- yeah, 'down with them yankees' - oh, how naive we could be in our youth). my avenue of protest was in my writing. in high school, i wrote an article about why divorce should be legalized in the philippines -- such daring considering that country is largely catholic. suffice it to say, i got a good lecturing from a bishop (whose name i couldn't remember now) who quoted excerpts from the bible while i listened to him for almost an hour where i was not allowed to say anything whilst he delivered his lecture to me. that alone was a cruel punishment for a 500-word article on divorce. unfortunately, i was not a 'big name' writer so the major publications where the article was submitted had rejected it; and i thought that an article written by a high schooler would've proved to be an interesting piece.
now i have no more time for protests because i am dealing with the different protests of my body parts in my old age.
composite of 2 photographs -- my image taken by me and the main protest photo was grabbed and borrowed from Google images, with thanks.
