Trust Women

When the NARAL Blog for Choice Day 2010 was announced my first thought, after raising my fist in solidarity, was to go and re-watch the 1996 HBO movie If These Walls Could Talk. It just might be the best made for TV movie ever made, ever. Nominated for three Emmy's and three Golden Globes and starring Demi Moore, Catherine Keener, Sissy Spasek, CCH Pounder and Cher, to name a few. If you haven't seen it do so, but with caution there is no sugar coating.

It chronicles the lives of three women in the same house, over three decades (the 50's, 70's, 90's), highlighting choice and showing the progression of attitudes, rights and access. It is graphic and honest and frankly a lot to digest which is exactly what makes it effective.

The importance of human rights and responsibilities transcends difference. Our voices must be heard because we exist beyond race, gender and disability and at the same time very much because of those differences. We can and need to speak for ourselves.

Trust Women already, Sheesh.