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A tiny little seedling of an idea was planted in my brain after reading this post by Heather, Queen of Shake-Shake. Within days, these two posts appeared in my Google Reader, watering my little sprout of an idea and feeding it further: Candace of Not That I Don’t Love My Kids and Miss Burrows (whose name I actually spelled correctly, go me).

Now first, let me just say, I am not a Mommy Blogger or even a mommy. Personally, I consider this blog to be the unofficial memoirs of a twenty-something expat woman. It’s kind of a strange category, but that’s where I am in my life. Most of the blogs I read are parent blogs is because I worked in daycare for three years so I can relate to raising young children a bit. Once I moved to Belgium I took more of an interest in Expatriate blogs and was finally comfortable assigning myself a category. However, this is not about dividing bloggers and audiences into categories; this is about uniting all of us under one big, warm blanket…the cuddly quilt of FEMINISM!

Yes, I said it and I’ll proudly say it again. My idea is all about feminism: embracing the word, living the dream, clearing the way for a new generation, proclaiming loudly and proudly to the world “I am a feminist!” without shame or jokes or derision. I am a feminist and I don’t want to duck and cover every time I make this claim.

So this is what I am asking of you, dear following, in hopes that you will help me to make this proclamation of pride in being women more successful than I could ever do by my lonesome: on April 3rd let’s take back the word feminism and all that it entails. I’m asking you to use that day to embrace your womanhood in whatever bloggable form you desire. Post a memory, a story, a list of things you can do to empower yourself, a poem, photos, art; anything that you feel represents what feminism means to you.

We have a month to spread the word around the blogosphere ladies (and men…you can be feminists too, you know) and if anyone can do this, I know my readers can. You all have your own bloggarific networks and channels and I have faith in this idea of mine. I was going to let it simmer for a while longer, but I’m just too anxious to get the ball rolling.

So stay tuned for any new developments in my “Proudly Proclaiming Feminism” project. Grab yourself a button, link it back to this post on your blog, keep me in mind on April 3rd and stop by that day to get your blog on the Mister Linky. Linky love to anyone who advertises for the cause (plus you’ll get to be on my list of fellow Proclaimers…and you don’t even have to be Scottish).

Thanks go out to CB and Fizz, who both made buttons for me today. They are the antidote for my photoshopping stupidity.