“Men cannot be violent because the title to the land is in my name” and “I cannot be chased away.” – Women in Odisha and West BengalOn socia
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“Men cannot be violent because the title to the land is in my name” and “I cannot be chased away.”
– Women in Odisha and West Bengal
On social media someone said that they were tired of a young exceedingly talented up-and-coming female hip-hop artist making “Harriet Tubman music“. It was meant as an insult.
Clearly, they had no idea it was a compliment. (Knowledge of history is vital)
Harriet Tubman was a Black disabled woman who strategically freed enslaved people. Not just once. She returned several times to assist more.
A master of disguise, she was a military spy in the Civil War.
She was a survivor of brain surgery who suffered seizures, hallucinations, headaches, and pain; yet managed to sojourn.
She was a homeowner.
Even in her elder years she left behind her wishes that what material possessions she acquired in life -including her home- be used to help others in their own lives.
She lived into her 90s.
Now, if someone tells you, you are making “Harriet Tubman music”, that is the greatest compliment EVER!
It gets no better.
Even people who don’t like your music can’t deny that you remind them of someone truly amazing on a superhuman level.
Long before government-funded shelters for women, feminists, other women’s groups, private citizens, and faith communities provided refuge for women and girls.
Could it be time to sway back that way?
Did we lean in too far into government funding?
Whatever the final answers are, property ownership will always be an important part of liberation and equity for women.
Women require ownership of our own spaces.
