Welcome to the seventeenth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Strength. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Forgiveness. “Brita is a strong independent woman who don’t need no man,” my best friend joked at a… [Read More]
How to Grow as a Feminist in 2020
Welcome to the fourth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Growth. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Creativity. I’ve been a feminist for about as long as I can remember. Even as a little kid I noticed… [Read More]
Georgia Wants Me to Change My Name to Ofdaniel
States across America are ready to force women to live in an oppressive regime not too dissimilar from the dystopian universe of The Handmaid’s Tale. In case you missed the reference, that book is the inspiration behind my title. Georgia recently passed the so-called “heartbeat bill,” outlawing abortion when a “heartbeat” can be heard… Except… [Read More]
Brett Kavanaugh, Rape Culture, and Feminist Fatigue
It’s been a long few weeks. A long few months. Two incredibly long years since Donald Trump was elected to office. I’ve been quiet on Instagram and on Facebook regarding this whole Brett Kavanaugh disaster. Twitter, however, is a different story. Retweets make it easy to share my thoughts, my feelings, my befuddlement, my rage…. [Read More]
Personally Pro-Life, Legally Pro-Choice (Anonymous Guest Post)
Over the past several years, I have allowed many bloggers (and a handful of writers representing businesses) to write guest posts for Belle Brita. I am more than willing to use my platform to promote other bloggers as long as their values align with my own, even if our opinions differ. The downside to my… [Read More]
Intent vs. Impact: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions
Welcome to the eighteenth day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Mistakes. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for last week’s topic, Promises. Imagine you’re at the beach, relaxing in a lounge chair, reading a book. Suddenly a volleyball smacks you… [Read More]