Because, we must remember, for centuries, women were possessions or slaves (although some cultures have female goddesses and have created myths about women). But in practicality, ordinary women had many social restrictions, few rights, and lived in the home at the whim of men. There have been...
A collection to celebrate, support, and empower individuals who identify as women. Cultivating Black Joy Honoring Black experiences means not only recognizing our struggles, but celebrating our joy. Practice tapping into Black joy and carrying it with you. Life Skills: Embracing Emotions at Work Get...
contaminating pollution is feminised in the trope of actress, playwright and whore. Actresses and playwrights were 'playing for all' in more than one sense, and gambling exemplifies the risks involved for women attempting to manipulate the urban and theatrical locations that attempted to commodify ...
I’ve been writing about my intentions and struggles with returning to church for months in my “Days” series. I probably first stated it inthis blog post. My “Days” series was a countdown to January 1st, 2013 which was my hard limit for either quitting this blog or sticking with it...
The reason for this claim is based on a more important observation: Men and women can appeal to their gods for these winds. Indeed, as I will show you there is plenty of evidence to suggest this is somehow true. These are fun, insightful observations on their own—nice to know—but the...
Granted it is for good reasons. Quite a few have been literally beaten up by those in the mainstream. But some, mostly women, looked askance at me as a “straight” until I learned to send the signals that let me subtly “pass” as maybe lesbian. I have learned to “closet” who I...
distinguishing things that are white and black. Though thou shouldst be going to live three thousand years, and as many times ten thousand years, still remember that no man loses any other life than this which he now lives, nor lives any other than ...
I ask members of my Toronto Women’s Salon for pandemic poetry recommendations. Hagit Grossman’sOn Friendshipstands out.I send the poem to several people, first to my girlfriend in NYC. A psychologist working in a psychiatric hospital, she’s considered an essential worker, so she’s placed...
How can we reconceptualize the heroism of a black artist whose work is predicated on providing provocative images of white women during a historical period when he could have been killed for simply speaking to them? This essay elaborates on a body of visual artwork attempting to reconcile Baker...
Eager for such a catch, the Seal-Catcher mounted on the black horse behind the stranger and rode off with him. They rode far up the coast to a lonely spot along a rugged cliff. “We’ve reached the place,” said the stranger, dismounting and telling the Seal-Catcher to do the same....