The Potty Mouth Granny

  • An Obituary Dedicated to My Former Self

    Once upon a time, a woman named Kathy Maria Henry was born, and she has dealt with a lot of adversity in her life. She was a teen mother on welfare, lived in low income housing, and was considered one of the dregs of society. But she refused to allow the limitations that society placed…

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  • The Barbie Movie – A Semi Review

    So Friday, my daughter and I went to see Barbie The Movie and it was fantastic!! Filled with silliness, fun, joy, and lessons about how being a woman feels in a sexist society. I don’t want to give away anything but it’s going to touch a lot of souls who hate feminism. Ken was portrayed…

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  • Adventures in Epilepsy Land & Other Shit

    So in January, I had another seizure and now I’m on two anti seizure medications. The new one Vimpat is classified as a Schedule 5 narcotic so now I’m a dopefiend☠️☠️☠️. I’m exaggerating but I’m so damn tired, even more tired than I was before. My vision is blurry, my balance is off. In layman…

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  • An Analysis of Betty Friedan’s The Problem That Has No Name

    In an excerpt from her book, “The Feminine Mystique”, Betty Friedan defines women’s unhappiness during the Fifties as ”the problem that has no name.” She identifies “the problem that has no name” as upper-middle class suburban White women experiencing dissatisfaction with their lives and an inarticulated longing for something else beside their housewifely duties. She…

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  • Grief is a Weird Thing

    Two years has passed since my brother died, and I’ve experienced a multiple of emotions ranging from the deepest despair to raging anger and anxiety. But lately, I feel myself turning into someone who doesn’t give a fuck about too much of anything. I mean I love my children, grandchild, and my future grandchild to…

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  • Radical Crone Feminism

    As I get older, I’m finding that my personal brand of feminism is getting more radical. Now I’m not talking about kill all the men or any nonsense like that, but as I age, I just don’t give a fuck about the opinions of men anymore. Regardless of race, regardless of their socioeconomic status in…

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  • The Reasons Why I’m Single

    This month two exes who are currently married called me and asked me why I am still single. One was even bold enough to say that I’m not getting any younger so I need to be concentrating on finding a fella. If men don’t have anything else, they have more balls than a brass ass…

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  • The New Dirty Word – Feminism

    Before I joined the social media, I used to read articles from the website Salon.com and debate folks in the now defunct comment section. At one time, Salon had a website named Open Salon for the readers who were writers and yours truly won Editors Choice a few times. But I’m digressing as usual so…

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  • Remembering bell hooks

    I didn’t discover bell hooks until I went to college in 2002. I majored in sociology and minored in history. Took two Women and Gender courses and it was then I was introduced to her works. And my life changed. Her writings made me think deeply and I learned to fight for myself as a…

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  • Grannies, Aunties, Cousins, & Other Mamas

    In the Black community, there are women who aren’t mothers because technically they didn’t give birth to the children they mothered but are revered because of the guidance, wisdom, and unconditional love that they bestowed upon generations of Black children. This is my tribute to those women. My ladies in particular whom I loved with…

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