Posted in Biracial Families, Colonialism, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Heroes, Inspiration, Male Terrorism, Racism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Women and Creativity, Women and Music on Dec 27th, 2008
Eartha Kitt died on Christmas day at the age of 81 of colon cancer. She was an amazing woman. She came into the world as the result of rape. A white South Carolina plantation owner raped her Cherokee/black mother who picked cotton on his plantation. Her mother’s rapist immediately disavowed her. Desperately poor, her [...]
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Posted in Being Poor, Capitalism, Cronehood, Earth, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Feminism, Heroes, Homelessness, Homes, Inspiration, It's all connected, Practical Radical Feminism, Rural Womyn, Small is Beautiful/Sustainable Agriculture/Alternative, Sustainability, Women as Writers, Women's Art, Women's Culture, Working Class People, the Animals on Dec 21st, 2008
Carla Emery as a young woman
I’ve been thinking about the women in my life who have most deeply influenced me (besides my mother, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, relatives by blood, all of whom have so deeply influenced me and who have given me so much). One of these women was Carla Emery, who died [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Feminism, Feminist Politics, Internalized Misogyny, Love Between Women, Sisterhood, War on Women, Woman Hating, Women and Fundamentalism on Nov 21st, 2008
I have been intending to write a post about the way so many feminists, leftists, liberals and progressives consummately misunderstand conservative Christianity and conservative Christian women in particular. I keep feeling overwhelmed by this writing project and so deciding against it. But given the across-the-board anger among women over the misogyny of the [...]
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There’s an interesting article on the Daily Beast today about a poll it commissioned Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates (PSB) to conduct. Demographics of the 1,000 persons polled were as follows:
• Males [N=461]
• Females [N=542]
• Democrats [N=361]
• Republicans [N=301]
• Independents [N=341]
Highlights of the poll results:
• 85 percent of women feel strongly [...]
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Posted in Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Exile, Heroes, Lesbian Community, Love Between Women, Sisterhood, War on Women, Woman Hating on Nov 10th, 2008
Okay. So Prop 8 passed. Alright, I get it. 51% of you think that I am a second class citizen. Alright then. …I am taking that to mean I do not have to pay my state taxes because I am not a full citizen.
..there is a lot I can do with the extra half a million [...]
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Posted in Being Poor, Capitalism, Colonialism, Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Feminism, Heroes, Immigrants, Indigenous Women's Rights, Love Between Women, Male Terrorism, Prostitution, Racism, Racism and Feminism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Revolution, Sex Trafficking, Sexism in the Military, Sisterhood, Sustainability, War, War on Women, World March of Women on Nov 7th, 2008
I received the following Call to Action in my e-mail a few days ago. I’ve been part of the World March of Women since its beginning 10 years ago. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long! In 1999 I participated via telephone in NOW’s organizing meetings as the group in charge of U.S. women’s involvement. I [...]
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I’m a mess right now, and Jeyoani knows I am and, amazing friend and daughter that she is, she told me to go read Dorothy Allison, whose writing I so dearly love and more and more every year, I swear, and I did go read, and here is some of what I read, and I think [...]
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Posted in Erasure of Feminist History, Erasure of Feminist Leaders, Erasure of Women's Lives, Feminism, Love Between Women, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Sisterhood, Woman-Only Space, Women as Writers, Women's Art, Women's Culture on Oct 19th, 2008
The kids and I went to the local fabric store yesterday. I am making my youngest, Maggie, a Halloween costume this year. She’s going to be the character Gir from the cartoon series “Invader Zim.” So, I am making her this costume. Although off and on throughout my life, fabric stores have been almost a second home for me, It’s been some [...]
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