Hello everyone,

Let me start by apologising for yet again another hiatus!!! I’ve been spending my days catching up on lost sleep (many thanks to my teething baby lol).   I promise not to go on any other “breaks” this year.

Excuses out of the way, I’m back now with the final post in my adaption of For Coloured Girls. I can’t believe it’s come to an end now. I want to say a big thank you to all of you who read, commented and shared my posts; and if this is your first time here, you can read up on all the previous posts in the series using the links below:

Carpe Diem – Lady in Brown;
Pro Choice – Lady in Red;
Forlorn Love – Lady in Purple;
Muffled Screams – Lady in Blue;
Parity – Lady in Yellow and
Suppressed – Lady in Green.
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I learnt a long time ago that we as women are each other’s worst critics. Most of the attacks I had regarding my feminism was brought upon me by the very same gender I fought most of my adult life to protect – women!!!

I remember one day, a man jumped the queue and my usual vocal self spoke up, only to be told by a fellow woman “You need to be humble, you’re the woman!”

This bothered me

Can men not possess humility?

I was treated like a liability

Expected to flee

You see, this is not an attack on men. This is a plea – to fellow women folk. We need more of you to be feminists. 

Feminism

Liberation 

Womanism

Together, a nation 

Why does society continue to underestimate our gender? 

You have met my sisters – their work speaks for them.

Brown – Stability

Red – Courage

Purple – Strength

Blue – Confidence

Yellow – Ambition

Green – Growth

and myself Orange – Happiness

…

Together, our colours

Radiate like the rainbow 

Our colours define us

Our colours represent us 

We face the same societal issues

Each issue differs

Yet, impact the same

…

Feminism is for me

Feminism is for you

Feminism is for everybody

We should teach our children to aspire

Aspire towards greatness

Our boys – do not be chauvinists

Our girls – break the barriers of sexism

…

Place yourself on the sexism spectrum

Where are you!?

…

As a woman

I am perfection

I, like you am also human

Do you not feel the connection?

I am strong

I am capable

Sometimes headstrong

Yet always a convertible

I am not you

No – not what you want me to be

Please, make not my emotions blue

Instead keep me strong like a marquee

I am flexible

I am unique

Yes, I am up there on a pedestal

Allow me speak

I am diverse

Spun from many generations

My existence – a universe

One resided to be put to damnation

Who am I?

I am the voice

I speak for all women

I am the Lady in Orange

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** Photo credit – Photo bucket