BLOGGING THE LONGEST REVOLUTION
Posted in Feminism on Feb 10th, 2008
Award-winning quilt: Mother Earth and Her Children, by Sieglinde Schoen Smith of Carlisle, Pennsylvania
From the brand new (created today) Women’s Security Council welcome page:
The basis of American democracy is that when the government ceases to work for the people, the people have a right to start a new one. The US government has had [...]
Posted in Feminism on Jan 25th, 2008
–by funnie
One thing that used to get me into trouble was a need to be separate from “imperfect” women, as though by just being good enough, perfect enough, we could convince the world of why we deserved to be treated better.
I know that’s a pretty basic thing a lot of women, and other oppressed groups, struggle with, [...]
Posted in Feminism on Jan 8th, 2008
Check out the great new specifically Australian radical feminist website, The Fury! There is lots of good, inspiring information and reading there. (There seem to be so many great radical feminists in Australia compared with the U.S.!). Reading this new blog and Spinning Spinsters this morning did my weary heart such good! Thanks, wimmin! You’ll see some familiar [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 6th, 2008
Ferron and Bitch – Girl on a Road
My momma was a waitress, my daddy a truckdriver.
The thing that kept their power from them slowed me down awhile.
I remember the morning that was the closing of my youth,
when I said goodbye to no one and in that way faced my truth…
and a walk along the river… and a [...]
Posted in Feminism on Jan 6th, 2008
Barbara Higbie and Teresa Trull–Tip the Canoe
I saw them last August and they were spellbinding. What musicians!
God Des & She — Love You Better
I met God des last August at the Grand Rapids Airport before Fest last year. She is unpretentious and real and a genuinely nice person, very cute, and wow, what a performer! [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 6th, 2008
Toshi Reagon — Battle of the Broken Word
I’ve seen Toshi Reagon both at Michfest and locally in Seattle. She is an amazing artist.
Saskatchewan (Juneteenth) – Laura Love
From Love’s NeGrass CD. She performed this song and others from this CD last year in Michigan. I’ve seen Love perform in the past but never quite like this. This [...]
Posted in Feminism on Dec 21st, 2007
I first encountered the a capella group Copper Wimmin at Michfest the second year I attended when they were singing to all of us as we stood in line for dinner one evening.
Heart
Posted in Feminism on Dec 13th, 2007
Ginger Mayes was the mother of five children when she managed to flee Saudi Arabia with her five children, three of whom were born during her marriage to a Saudi man she met in Virginia where he was stationed with the Saudi Arabian Navy in the early 80s. Their marriage had been turbulent. When their [...]
Posted in Feminism on Dec 10th, 2007
Oregon Women’s Land Trust Meeting, 1970s, © Ruth Mountaingrove
From OWL (Oregon Women’s Land) Farm:
Pipeline update: As you all recall, an energy company has stated their intentions of burying a 3-foot diameter pipeline through Owl Farm. They would need to clearcut a 100′ to 150′ wide corridor, 1/2 mile through our forest to make room for [...]
Posted in Feminism on Dec 2nd, 2007
Canadian author and lesbian rights activist Jane Rule passed away last week from liver cancer. A women’s and lesbian rights activist before Second Wave feminism and Stonewall, Rule’s life and work were pioneering, creative and always courageous. Her book Desert of the Heart, published in Canada in 1964 was, as one writer described it, “the first [...]
