Passing thoughts during the days which bubble up between readings: Crockpots Crockpots are incredibly cool! While I’m familiar with them, I’d never used them to…
Continue ReadingSpiritual Transformation & Non-Violent Feminist Practice, pt. 2
Reflecting on spirituality vs. ethics, I was fascinated to realize I’d made one of the mistakes the author notes: considering non-violence as equivalent to passive…
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This is a review of Leela Fernandes’Â Transforming Feminist Practice: Non-Violence, Social Justice, & the Possibilities of a Spiritualized Feminism. The title of the book…
Continue ReadingThe “Goddess Array” in Wolf’s Vagina: A New Biography, pt. 3
I apologize that, due to Wolf’s writing resonating powerfully for me, I’m falling back on massive quotes more than I would like to. In my…
Continue ReadingThe “Goddess Array” in Wolf’s Vagina: A New Biography, pt. 2
In my last posting on Vagina: A New Biography, I closed with the virulently damaging effects of rape — physically, sensually, and emotionally — for…
Continue ReadingThe “Goddess Array” in Wolf’s Vagina: A New Biography, pt. 1
In an instant, I realized that original sin did not, as the Judeo-Christian tradition has it, originate in human sexuality. Our species’ original sin…
Continue ReadingAre women now better than men? The Frailty Myth, pt. 3
The horrible reality of domestic violence and rape isn’t new, of course — Freud originally reported the emotional trauma which ensues in girls and women…
Continue ReadingAre women now better than men? The Frailty Myth, pt. 2
This double standard (as in asking less of girls so that they think that’s all they’re capable of) is bad for girls — but let’s…
Continue ReadingAre women now better than men? The Frailty Myth, pt. 1
I was originally an anthropology major with a sociology minor. As a consequence of that training, I have read an awful lot of papers on…
Continue ReadingWhile Reading “Her Blue Body”
Checklist for the Day: roses chocolate card. Check. Success. Boyfriend brownie points Redeem for valuable prizes! Today only, double bonus value: Try dinner candles jewelry…
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