The world seems to require us to protect ourselves now, and maybe always.
Blog Posts about Women and Feminism
The Slow and Painful Process of Change
An article in a recent New Yorker reminded me of how unable to change I was as a college student in the late 1950s when the old rules were breaking all around me.
Being Ladies
As we again face a form of invasion, of lies and distortions, not soldiers, will we again be crippled by our adherence to older forms of “correct behavior”?
Wonderful Women
Just when the first real cold hits and I face another winter here in the mountains, I’m rejoicing in the company I keep with wonderful women.
Tell Me About Despair
One of the poems that means most to me is Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese.” I remember when I first read it, years ago, I felt moved and inspired—and then wondered, “How does she dare?” The message remains revolutionary.
The Eye of the Needle
I sometimes think I go to church to hear what I don’t want to hear. After all what would be the use of hearing reinforcements of my rock-hard opinions?
Dear Dr. Spock
We didn’t and we don’t obey our instincts; we’ve been trained to ignore them over the millennium.
A Dangerous Woman
It’s possible that Emma Goldman, the American revolutionary, would never have been able to have her effect on history without the financial and emotional support of another dangerous woman, Aline Barnsdall.
Can a Heathen Woman Be a Christian?
Perhaps a healthy dose of heathenism would restore us to the churches (or other forms of organized spirituality) so vital to healthy communities.
The Blooming of Women Athletes
I want to congratulate not only Biels and Jackson but the unrecognized women who initiated and supported the programs that allow women athletes to bloom.