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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ICC Prosecutor appoints Prof. Catharine A. MacKinnon as Special Adviser on Gender Crimes
The Hague, 26 November 2008p
Prof. Catharine A. MacKinnon was appointed as Special Gender Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. She will provide strategic advice to his Office on sexual and gender violence, an area where expertise is required under Article [...]
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Above is a video interview of Shekinah Mountainwater, a beautiful, wonderful woman. She was interviewed July 9, 2007, and died a little over a month later, on August 12, 2007, of breast cancer. I’m reading her book Ariadne’s Thread at the moment and am enjoying it so, so much. Like so many [...]
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If I wanted to I could do anything right
I could dance with the devil on a Saturday night…
If I wanted to I could turn mountains to sand
Hold political leaders in the palm of my hand
If I only wanted to
And I gave you my soul
And every ounce of control
And I gave you my skin
and my original [...]
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Garden
Mother and Daughter
Vessel
Summer
Her Face
Until women can visualize the sacred female they cannot be whole and society cannot be whole…In creating new symbols, we are creating new ways of seeing and being in the world. …Most men feel they must separate themselves from femaleness in the name of all that is masculine, all that is sacred [...]
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Posted in Femicide, Financial Meltdown, Heroes, Indigenous Women's Rights, Inspiration, Male Terrorism, Rape and Sexual Assault, Revolution, Small is Beautiful/Sustainable Agriculture/Alternative, War on Women on Oct 1st, 2008
Kirsten Brydum
The following letter from swaneagle came through this morning on a list I’m on. Kirsten Brydum, who was found murdered in New Orleans, was the amazing, visionary founder of the Really Really Free Market, something I’ve been meaning to blog about for a while now, but particularly recently, when there is all of this talk about money and about [...]
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I’ve been receiving bulletins from these folks for some months now, and I really like their style, their ideas and their plans for making a revolution that can change the world for everyone. This is how you do it.
After several months of planning, the time has come to start our new program based on the [...]
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…many argue that it’s the women who chose their own lifestyles and it is their choice if they want to sell their bodies, is that really true? Is it that young girl’s choice to be put on display in a brothel like she’s part of a herd of cattle? Is it her choice to be [...]
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