One pick-up truck. Four people. One steep flight of basement stairs. Forty six comics long boxes. Ow. That, of course, does not count the boxes…
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Two fascinating examples of women’s resistance to oppression
An excellent historical example of increasing patriarchal domination of women, and their ensuing resistance, is feminist historian and professor Ulrike Strasser’s “Bones of Contention: Catholic…
Continue ReadingWisdom worth listening to: Daughters of Mother Earth
Daughters of Mother Earth: The Wisdom of Native American Women, edited by Barbara Alice Mann, offers us a view of ecofeminism rooted in indigenous women’s…
Continue ReadingSt. Louis: everyone’s charming old auntie, part 2
The temperatures here in St. Louis are, in a word, psychotic. It may be either pleasantly warm, muggy and hot, or pouring rain outside —…
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Sadly, flying has become more of an annoyance than an adventure. I’m not surprised most of the airlines are struggling, considering their attempts to sneakily…
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Actually, the physical and mental health benefits of social ties with women are experienced by men and women both — and for married men, these…
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The myths about male dominance and female submissiveness are not the only current social issues, however, that I believe merit thoughtful scientific consideration — or…
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I cannot politely say why I think it is that white, Western, and usually male anthropologists feel the need to insist — in the face…
Continue ReadingWomen & World Religions comps booklist
Later edit: This bibliography has been seriously revised and updated due to professorial input. Check out the new version here. There! That’s all the…
Continue ReadingRelational Reality & Tending the Soul’s Garden
Subtly weaving the suggestion to always perform right action — based on the sometimes unrecognized fact of personal relatedness with all life — into one’s…
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