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The Future is Female

A response to Antony Hegarty and Givenchy's 'the Future is Female' campaign

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The Future is Female
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The future is female,

so let us rise.

When the sky reigns down

Full of stormy grey clouds spitting the acidic rain of

‘unequal pay’

of

‘no’, ‘you can’t have your way’

‘sorry, no women today’

we turn and, with

hands, hearts, eyes open,

‘open’ we say

open the doors to your patriarchal heaven

the doors to equality

to good quality

reciprocation and respect.

The future is female,

or that’s what they say

But why, if we demand equality, do we not treat it that way?

‘The future is female’ rings true to old days

like saying,

yes

we want equality but

unequal pay

‘the future is female’? no, the future is us.

Forget identity, gender,

Just trust.

Trust in the unit, unite, and ignite

The future is female?

No

No it’s not,

That’s not right.

It’s so much more than

‘I’m me and you’re you’

Yes, own yourself, rock your power,

then look at this view:

Power, love, and life need not have sex

When we see each other through the same glasses

Same lenses,

Remember:

Identity does not stop

Simply with gender

So next time we look at the sky with eyes wide,

Embracing the torrents, accepting the tides,

When the acid rain,

Reign of the patriarchy,

hits our hands and hearts,

When we penetrate your heavens with our rose-colored darts,

don’t expect us to conquer,

to loot, or to steal

Expect us

to sit down

in the shape of a wheel

Our power is mutual, we’ll all reign as one

so when I say that the future is female,

I mean the future is everyone.

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