When I mention this to people, it seems to make them nervous and uncomfortable, and that of course leads me to believe that I'm on to something here. Let's face it, one of the gorgeous things about having a lot of money is that it gives you an opportunity to get totally absorbed in your personal goals and become even more self-obsessed than you already are.
Plus, if you have lots of money of your very own, it buys you power, which is another way of saying freedom. Madonna is one of my all-time favorite examples of a Bad Girl who's really good around money.
And please don't call me a capitalist, when in fact I'm a left-leaning believer in a social welfare state and regulated markets. The real rich capitalists of which I am not one just love it when poor working folk stay ignorant and fearful about money matters because that way the fat cats can retain possession of the world's wealth.
I just can't stand to see women get the short end of the stick when men are left in charge of their finances. And Bad Girls are good at doing cool stuff with their money once they've got enough of it. They buy houses for their boyfriends (Catherine the Great), they milk goats (Mai Zetterling), they back heavyweight prizefighters (Mae West), they adopt unwanted children (Bessie Smith and Josephine Baker not to mention Madonna and Angelina Jolie), they tour the brothels of New York City and hand out birth control (Victoria Woodhull).
In that spirit, let me tell you about my favorite charity, which I give money to whenever I have a few extra bucks lying around. Trickle Up is a microgrant program that gives seed capital and business training to make individuals self-sufficient in Third World countries, including Africa and Brooklyn. Oh, and P.S., about 80% of the money goes to WOMEN, because they're better at handling money than their men, and these women set up little market food stalls and sewing circles and savings clubs, and the money they earn goes to cool stuff like feeding their children and educating them.
That is all. Happy hols & see you in the New Year. Love, hugs & kisses, Joyce
1 comment:
Hi, Joyce
How good and surprising to see that there are people like you! It takes so much courage and spontaneity to learn about the other side of what we´ve been taught to be!
Believe me, I´ve had this kind of experience through a friend of mine. She became a friend just because I also wanted to understand more about being wicked. Everything she did was the opposite of what I had done so far; I don´t mean I changed my life completely, but I listened and watched her as a student does.
Many people (especially men) asked me “why I had her as a friend”, for I was not supposed to do so. She cheated and acted as a selfish person, told me lies most of the time, tried to take advantage of every step I took, just like she did with everybody else, but I think she will never know how much I learned from her.
Thanks for visiting my site. Lucky me to meet you. Have a good New Year´s eve.
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