From a girl to a sister, celebrating women!
By far the most aggressive of my fights for the empowerment and recognition of the dignity of women is the encounter I had today with a woman I have known for well over four years. It all started when she asked a group of us if there was a problem with this particular lady's make-up, as she appeared shiny and spooky on the camera. I argued to say that her make-up, or the choice of which she had on, was not a problem, but rather, an issue of probably the camera and lighting. I further argued to say that having worked non-stop for the past weeks, with an undoubted few days without sleep for the task she had at hand, to deliver a major announcement on television, the camera was just not kind to her. It only made sense to assume that the eye-bags and seemingly tired face were a results of a tedious week for her. I could easily have brushed aside the difference of opinion the lady and I had on the issue, but her statement, "What kind of make-up is that, she looks like those pr