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THIS FEMALE EMPOWERMENT MEME REPRESENTS WOMAN EVERYWHERE “SMH” – WOMAN WHO IS LITERATE I MAY BE JUST A MEN BUT I USUALLY DON’T LIKE SAUCE IN MY CUP J/K LET’S HEAR IT FROM ALL THE WOMAN OUT THERE THIS TOOK A VIOLENT TURN I AM WOMEN HEAR ME ROAR FEELS LIKE THIS IS SEXUAL PLEASE LEAVE RICHARD, DANG, YOU ARE GROSS THANK YOU DANIEL GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE MAN TODAY MEN, MAN ARE THE WORST IT WAS EITHER THIS GIRL, HARRIET TUBMAN, OR ONE OF PEPE LE PEW’S GIRLFRIENDS I DUNNO FEELS LIKE THEY MADE THE RIGHT CALL WHOA WHOA WHO CALLED THE SPELTING POLICE SHOUT OUT TO THE HAYES GIRLS THEM CRAZY BITCHES BEEN KEEPIN’ IT REAL FOREVS MAYBE I SHOULDN’T HAVE SAID THAT IT’S NOT COOL TO SAY THAT ALL WOMAN ARE BITCH THE WOMEN WITH THE BALD EAGLE PROFILE PIC WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFY THAT HER AWESOME SAUCE IS OF THE SENIOR VARIETY PLEASE PUT THIS UP FOR A FORMAL VOTE AT THE NEXT MEM...

Note: This column appears in the 4/7 issue of The Glendale Star and the 4/8 issue of the Peoria Times My wife—as noted in her Matron of Honor’s speech during our wedding seven years ago—was never going to get married. She was her own woman, and no man was going to define her . Male companionship was not her goal, and was mostly viewed as an obstacle on the road to her professional and personal aspirations. This ideology ran somewhat contrary to her Brooklyn-Italian upbringing, where young girls married neighborhood Italian boys via a system of cleverly arranged courtships: Oh, hey, Vincenzo randomly stopped by for no reason! Come in, come in, have some coffee. MARIA! Get over here and get Vincenzo the biscotti. Not that my in-laws themselves abided by this blatant stereotype, but they assuredly were concerned that their daughter’s independence may serve as a barrier to potential relationships. When I first met them and managed not to say or do anything stupid, they could barely contain...