Marissa Alexander: Banned from Justice

After recieving relentless abuse from the man who claimed to "love" her. Marissa Alexander finally had enough. Marissa, 33, is charged with 3 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon -- because she fired a warning shot in the direction of the abusive animal. She fired a bullet into the wall, to prevent him from furthur abusing her. Although nobody was injured, she, was still sentenced to a mandatory 20 years in PRISON. She remains in jail, while her abusive husband is free -- and probably cheating on her with another woman he's soon to abuse.

This is yet another example of the racist, misogynist legal system in the United States. Why are racism and sexism legal? Why is it okay for every minority (with the exclusion of blacks) to abuse the system? Why is it okay, for a man to unjustly assume power over a woman? The legal system has aided these CRIMINIALS in the crimes they commit, by allowing them to be set free.

1. George Zimmerman (Shot a 17 year-old black boy, based on his racial profile. Set free)
2. Stacey Rambold (Rapes female student, spends ONE month in jail. Set free. [victim commits suicide.])
3. Julio Morales (Raped an unmarried woman, sentenced to 3 years n prison. Set free.)

These are only a few examples of what I have as evidence of a racist, misogynistic legal system, of which is abused and manipulated to strike fear into the hearts and minds of women and blacks, that they'd better keep their distance, or they're bound to be abused. I'm black, and female; so where does that leave me? This is my reason to riot, to protest. Why should we sit idly by, whle our freedoms and liberties are being chipped away at like coal?

But preventative measures right? While the law protects all other citizens, it is strictly our responsibility to protect ourselves and each other, to protect ourselves while people are coming after us with fire and torches... Legally. She had a permit, and she took the necessary classes to obtain her weapon. Even though women are SEVERELY disadvantaged by the system, it is often passed of because hey, "That's just the system". These are the things that we're supposed to accept as justice. The justice that hates us. The message that the "law" gives to Marissa? Don't stand your ground.

The same people who are being made aware of these issues, are the same ones that tell us "stop playing the victim", "you just want sypmathy". So we leave our position on those issues behind. We toughen up, and in defending ourselves, we are deemed violent criminals who don't deserve human rights. Why is Marissa behind bars? Because she took preventitive measures to protect herself, and stood her ground. Justice right? But what for? What is the purpose of this abuse? For you to excerise your power? We understand that you have it.

Make them hear us. Marissa's next trial is scheduled for January 15th. Upload photos in support of Marissa to your social media. Make videos. Make pictures. Write blogs. Post podcasts. They can't hold us down forever (unless we let them). You can use the resources below to cover the eentire subject.

• http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/11/no-bail-for-marissa-alexander-case-held-over-until-january/
• http://www.change.org/petitions/free-marissa-alexander
• http://justiceformarissa.blogspot.com/
• http://www.radicalwomen.org/FreeMarissaAlexander.shtml
• http://www.thepetitionsite.com/503/600/056/
• http://freemarissanow.tumblr.com/
• http://nonewyouthjail.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/free-marissa-alexander/
• http://melaniannews.net/2013/10/31/drop-the-case-free-marissa-alexander/
• http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2013/10/marissa-alexander-will-be-prosecuted-again-for-defending-herself/ 
• http://hellobeautiful.com/2013/11/08/marissa-alexander-hearing/

I know what happened at Sandy Hook is a horrible tragedy , all those lost lives . Every day in the U.S . 10 womyn are killed by their husbands or boyfriends . Even if I use the F.B.I.'s statistics they say 4 womyn every day are killed . Why is it that we don't get upset about this ? Is it because children are innocent and womyn are not ? In our society we blame the victim ( womyn ) for her murder . Something is terribly wrong with this picture ! Please lets place the blame where it belongs on the patriarchal violent society we live in . Womyn and children are collateral damage for the male privileged world that we live in . Until that changes we can keep expecting more of the same in the future . Think about it and then let's do something . Innocent lives are counting on it .     

I'm so pissed ! The last time I was offered $100 for a performance ! What an insult ! Today someone topped that and wanted a FREE performance !!!!! That's just discusting ! This is how I make my living folks ! It's not a HOBBY ! You really should be too ashamed to even ask me .

I haven't blogged in a few days . I have been busy writing my first book  . I actually can't believe I'm doing it . I've been really depressed and the only thing besides my partner that gives me hope is writing my book . I have so much in my head about violence in every form against womyn it just pours out . So , I may not be blogging every day , but I certainly will be writing . You can count on that !!!

FAN MAIL

Woke up this morning to this " FAN " e-mail . As Sonja Johnson , one of my favorite authors said ;
" If you're PISSING MEN OFF , you must be doing something RIGHT " . Read on !

Hello Ms. Hulse,

I just thought I would send you a message regarding your seemingly
immoral values, and outline a few issues I have relating to your use
of hatred under the false pretense of "educating" equality.

First, as a career person in the entertainment industry, I find your
description of yourself as a "performance artist" insulting to the
true performance artists out there.

Second, I find it ironic that in your demo video for the ONLY
production you've done advocating against violence, you use the
(awesome) song of a woman who MURDERED her husband (who was far more
successful in the same industry as her) due to a failing marriage and
for the purpose of utilizing his (superior) intellectual property.

Third, I find it rather disgusting that in your "educational"
production, you imply that domestic violence solely entails a man
being violent against a woman, yet in reality there are FAR more cases
of domestic violence by women against men (physical and emotional),
yet they do not garner as much attention due to what is perceived as
socially acceptable.

Fourth, targeting your inaccurate "production" towards young
impressionable adults is rather deplorable.

Fifth, implying that normal innocent human acts which both men and
women commit are variations of "rape" which only women suffer is
absolutely ridiculous and immoral.

Sixth, your oppression against men, particularly by brainwashing young
budding men into feeling they are inferior, resulting in lifelong
depression, through deceptive alterations of what actually happens in
this world, and of history itself is deplorable and immoral.

Seventh, including a link to Valerie Solanas' psychotically genocidal
work of hate literature the S.C.U.M. Manifesto is ludicrous and only
serves to emphasize that while you function under the guise of
advocating equality, you are nothing more than a hateful extreme
feminist with an agenda.

Eighth, I just checked Merriam Webster, there is no such word as
"womyn" (p.s. since you're probably thinking at this point I'm just a
dumb male, let me spell it out for you: as you may have noticed my
grammar and spelling - unlike yours - is immaculate, which is the
result of a lifetime of reading, yes, that's right, I read - among a
very long list of other hobbies I partake in that would boggle your
extremely narrow mind - to elaborate, it was a wry joke relating to
your lack of respect for both genders).

Just to cover my "woman oppressing" proverbial ass, you do have
permission to quote me wherever you may feel the desire to do so, but
you ONLY have permission to do so on the condition that you quote this
email in its entirety.

Regards,

 

A MALE FAN

Okay , so yesterday I received an offer of $100 for my educational performance ! I really shouldn't be surprised , because this happens a lot . I charge $1800 plus travel and one nights lodging . So you can see where I'm coming from on the INSULT scale ! I know the economy is bad , but I haven't changed my fee in over 10 yrs. I also know that MEN doing the same work that I do have no trouble getting the fee they ask for . Their fee's can range from $2500 to $5000 . Some even make more . It's the in thing today to have MEN educate on violence against WOMYN . It doesn't upset the MALE students as much as a WOMYN like me does . POOR BOYS . We MUST not upset them . I on the other hand think we need to make them RESPONSIBLE for the ABUSE and RAPE that their MALE colleagues continue to do ! Some people think I do this work as a HOBBY , or JUST TO PASS THE TIME ! Please , I tell them , this is how I make MY LIVING . They are always surprised when I say that . So , AGAINST ALL( and I mean ALL ) odds I will continue MY LIFE'S WORK until the day that I DIE !!!

Last night I attended a birthday dinner for one of my granddaughters . It was really special . I gave her a copy of " A Room of One's Own " by Virginia Woolf . I'm always so afraid to share womyn author's with them , because of my MILITANT FEMINIST beliefs . Virginia was somewhat radical for her time , but definitely a safe place to start sharing my LOVE and RESPECT for STRONG , OUTSPOKEN womyn authors . I think it's really important to EDUCATE girls and womyn to the realities they will face even in today's society , so when they feel DEPRESSED and SUPPRESSED they won't think there's something HORRIBLY wrong with them . They won't RUSH too THERAPY  and PROZAC . They will unfortunately know that society is still not a WARM and FUZZY place for WOMYN .  Three cheers for STRONG WOMYN !!!