Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Our Time (1974)

Our Time is a 1974 coming-of-age drama film dealing with the difficulties of adolescence including an unplanned pregnancy. It was renamed Death of Her Innocence and aired on television in 1978. I find it particularly relevant for these dark days when rights are being stripped away from women. It's set in the 1950s, which seems to be where some folks wish we lived.

trailer:



You can watch the film at Youtube at this link. Here's a screenshot from early in the film:



This is my offering for the T Stands for Tuesday blogger gathering. I won't be having milk. No. I think I'll have a gin and tonic and mourn.

Random thoughts:

I support abortion rights as a private matter between a woman and her health care provider.
A fertilized egg is not a baby.
Abortion isn't murder.
Many women don't even know they're pregnant at that 6-week period you hear talked about.
Plan B is a birth control option and does not cause abortion.
There is no "fetal heartbeat" at 6 weeks. An ultrasound can detect an inaudible flutter in the area where the heart will eventually form. That that term has become common in the general public is a damn shame. It's a lie.
At 6 weeks it's not a fetus but an embryo.
I hear precious few in the anti-abortion movement discuss fertility clinics, where fertilized eggs are destroyed as a matter of routine.

I may add more here later, but that'll do for a start.

28 comments:

  1. I´m so with you. Just think of women who were raped - and then are supposed to love that child? What if it is clear it will be disabled...

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  2. It is a difficult for women's rights in the US of A right now. I watched Alyssa Milano's uTube on The History of Abortion in The USA. I did not know that women in America did not have their rights established within your constitution - that needs to get changed,asap.

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  3. ...a problem then and a bigger problem now.

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  4. So glad we don't live in the 50s Happy T Day! Elle/EOTC xx

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  5. You are so right about everything! The hateful and spiteful misogynists who want pregnancy to punish the victims really are appalling, especially now that they have such unchecked power. A minority can ruin our democracy.

    About the Constitution: remember that in the 18th century, when the Constitution was written, women were not citizens, and not really viewed as people at all. Women couldn't vote until 1920 (a few states were earlier). There was definitely no concept of women's rights in any way shape or form.

    best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  6. Looks like an interesting movie, Enjoy your week!

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  7. I have seen that film and it was good. Your random thoughts are so right. The men shoud keep themselves and their urges under control and that would reduce unwanted pregnancies. This is succh a shocking step backwars in time. What next? Valerie

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  8. Please don't get me started. If you want to see how I REALLY feel, please check out my response on this post written by Jenn Jinks: https://mymuskoka.blogspot.com/2022/05/roe-v-wade.html Of course, the choice is yours to visit the link or not (grin)!! It is no longer just about abortion rights OR contraception. It will also throw us back to the days when same sex couples couldn't marry and interracial marriage was illegal in some states. Thanks for sharing this wonderful film and for your incredibly thoughtful and appreciated words. I look forward to reading more from you on this subject.

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    1. So glad you visited Jenn. That should have been Jilks, but my fingers hit the wrong button!

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    2. I like her gardening/bird posts, too :)

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    3. She has a lot of different interests. For example, she counts frogs for the Canadian Provence in which she lives, she follows the flight of swallowtails and monarchs, and she picks up trash every month for a specific area along the road where she lives. The bags are provided for her and she puts in the labor. I find her fascinating, and like you, we have similar outlooks on certain things.

      Sorry to read your post was boycotted. My belief is truth doesn't mind being questioned, while a lie doesn't like being challenged.

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    4. I was just surprised someone wouldn't just say, "I don't like milk" or something lol but I find it easy to pick out something I can comment on in a post :)

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  9. You are so right. Sad to think women are still having to fight for their rights on this subject. Thanks for sharing the movie, and happy T day!

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  10. You are so right. Sad and hard to believe women are still fighting for their rights regarding this subject! Thanks for sharing the movie, and happy T day!

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  11. I agree that abortion is a private matter. I don't know all the clinical stuff that you mentioned. But i can't imagine anyone FORCING me to carry a pregnancy to term if i don't want to.. I think people just don't understand how broad this subject is... its not just about abortion...... Happy T day! Hugs! deb

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  12. Such a interesting and thought provoking film and thoughts! A gin and tonic sounds good to me too 😁. I feel this is a private matter and should be a decision for those involved not a matter of legalisation. Happy T Tuesday! Hugs Jo x

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  13. It certainly does sound timely.

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  14. Just thinking about this makes me want a gin and tonic! I am having a bourbon instead :). I am sad we are going backward - some sad things happened back then. It seems different today only in that people don't care if you are pregnant and not married so maybe not as many horrible things will happen but the possibility of them. The government should not be involved in this or many other things it is involved in....sip, sip...crazy times. Happy T-day and hugz

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  15. I don't think my comment went through. I wrote that I agree with you and the rest. My FB page is post after post about it. If we don't stand and allow this to end we will more right. Especially women of all colors.

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  16. It's amazing how some of these old films are relevant today. Or is it stunning that we haven't progressed and that the US is such a backwards nation.

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  17. A couple of the thoughts, I don't know how something can be labeled women's health care or misogynistic when about half the aborted babies are female and half those opposing abortion are female.
    I also wonder if the abortion issue was removed if that would help with the divisiveness of the political discourse.

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    1. Pregnancy is by definition a women's health care issue lol at least until men can get pregnant. Where do your figures on the percentage of women who oppose abortion come from? The abortion issue is becoming a birth control issue right before our very eyes, so there's plenty of issues causing division. Gun control, for example, and voting rights.

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    2. Sure there are many divisive issues but abortion is the issue that very rarely has people crossing party lines. My point with the women's health was that it doesn't really apply to approximately half the babies that are terminated, not very concerned about those babies health now are they. My percentage of women is not an exact figure it could be 54 -46 I didn't look it up but certainly not an overwhelming majority either way.

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    3. Precious little crosses party lines these days, even the most non-controversial of appointments. Pregnancy is always a women's health issue. It's the woman who is pregnant.

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  18. Agree 100%. We need to codify the right to choose into law. Abortion is healthcare!

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  19. I don't know this film, but it is a timely subject. This country, no the world, is a scary place right now. Hope it was a great T day. I am quite behind commenting.

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  20. Thanks for much for visiting my post! My husband was worried about responses. I've had nothing but support. There was so much shame back in 1974. We watch in fear from this side of the border.

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  21. Flying by late to say Happy belated T Day!

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