Minimum Security
February 23, 2007 at 7:43 pm | In Feminism, Humor, Politics | Leave a Commentshe posts a new cartoon every weekday, check her out
by Stephanie McMillan
February 08, 2007
Source: Minimum Security
Walking the Wheel
February 18, 2007 at 1:28 pm | In Domestic Violence, Feminism, Spirit | Leave a CommentFather to daughter, man to child, wolf to pup
I was no sheep, but a cub
I am not weak.
Stronger for the pain — for cold, hollow bite marks on my soul.
I am the beauty, who has come through the brutal winter
Spring is abundant, fragrant and green.
Now I am the Goddess,
I say who touches me when, how, and if.
I will be defiled no more by the whims of the predator.
I walk through the wheel of generations.
The piercing horror will not continue through me.
The curse conquered,
The wounds heal
For I have Walked the Wheel and Survived.
Laura Law
April 25, 1996
A Blessing for Those Without Self-Worth
February 18, 2007 at 1:16 pm | In Feminism, Spirit, birth | Leave a Comment
A Blessing for Those Without Self-Worth
by Mama Rose.
You are worthy, you are good, you are bright, you are a blessing.
You are worthy in your skin and worthy in your hair.
You are worthy in your flesh and worthy in your bone.
You are worthy in your hands and worthy in your feet.
You are worthy in your mouth and worthy in your anus.You are good in your heart and good in your belly.
You are good in your work and good in your play.
You are good in your relations and good in your alonenesses.
You are good in your beliefs and good in your skepticisms.
You are good in your ancestry and good in your progeny.You are bright in your spirit and bright in your flesh.
You are bright in your emotions and bright in your thoughts.
You are bright in your dreams and bright in your waking.
You are bright in the desert and bright in the city.
You are bright among friends and bright among strangers.You are a blessing to your parents and a blessing to your siblings.
You are a blessing to strangers and a blessing to friends.
You are a blessing in your home and a blessing on the street.
You are a blessing in your words and a blessing in your deeds.
You are a blessing in your work and a blessing in your play.[place name here], you are worthy.
[place name here], you are good.
[place name here], you are bright.
[place name here], you are a blessing.
Mother make it, Lover witness it, I have said it, so mote it be.
Privilege
February 18, 2007 at 1:11 pm | In Domestic Violence, Feminism, Spirit, birth | Leave a Commentby D. A. Clarke 1981
A poem for men who don’t understand what we mean, when we say men have “it.”
Privilege is simple.
Going for a pleasant stroll after dark.
Not checking the back of your car as you get in,
sleeping soundly,
Speaking without interruption
and not remembering dreams of rape, that follow you all day,
that woke you crying,
and Privilege is not seeing your stripped, humiliated body
plastered in celebration
across every magazine rack.
is going to the movies and not seeing yourself terrorized,
defamed,
battered, butchered
seeing something else.Privilege is
Riding your bicycle across town without being screamed at
or run off the road,
not needing an abortion,
taking off your shirt on a hot day, in a crowd,
not wishing you could type better just in case,
not shaving your legs,
having a decent job and expecting to keep it,
not feeling the boss’s hand up your crotch,
dozing off on late-night busses,
Privilege is being the hero in the TV show not the dumb broad,
living where your genitals are not denied
knowing your doctor won’t rape you.Privilege is
being smiled at all day by nice helpful women
it is the way you pass judgment on their appearance with magisterial
authority,
the way you face a judge of your own sex in court
and are over-represented in Congress
and are not strip searched for a traffic ticket or used as a dart
board
by your friendly mechanic,
Privilege is seeing your bearded face reflected through the history
texts
not only of your high school days but all your life,
not being relegated to a paragraph every other chapter,
the way you occupy entire volumes of poetry
and more than your share of the couch unchallenged.
It is your mouthing smug, atrocious insults at women
who blink and change the subject politely
Privilege is how seldom the rapist’s name appears in the papers
and the way you smirk over your PLAYBOY.It’s simple really,
Privilege means someone else’s pain,
your wealth is my terror,
your uniform is a woman raped to death here, or in Cambodia or
wherever
wherever your obscene Privilege writes your name in my blood,
it’s that simple,
you’ve always had it,
that’s why it doesn’t seem to make you sick to your stomach,
you have it,
we pay for it,
now do you understand?
Sex and Torture in America
February 16, 2007 at 8:00 pm | In Feminism, Law, Politics | Leave a Comment
Sex, or at least some types of sex, or at least lying about it, or at least lying about it under oath, is considered to fall under the category of Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors. Torture of all sorts, from the mildest up to murder, in plain violation of a variety of laws, treaties, and the US Constitution itself, and lying about it, and using a tyrannical “signing statement” to overturn a new redundant law banning it, and using it to generate faulty “intelligence” with a wide range of disastrous results beginning with an illegal war that has slaughtered approximately 658,000 people, and lying about the reasons for that war in formal signed reports to Congress and speeches made before Congress and the American people, is all considered to fall into the category of faithfully executing the Office of the President of the United States and to the best of one’s ability, preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States.
Source: Sex and Torture in America
UNICEF: US, UK Worst Places for Children
February 14, 2007 at 7:47 pm | In Domestic Violence, Feminism, Politics, Spirit, birth | Leave a Comment
The U.S. ranks last in health and safety, with the highest rates of relative child poverty and teenage obesity, according to the report. Only 60 percent of U.S. children live with both parents, compared with 90 percent in Greece, the report said.
To Be a Better Man
February 11, 2007 at 1:17 pm | In Feminism, Spirit | Leave a Commentthis is what I want to teach my sons
Recognize the “three lies of false masculinity.”
Athletic ability, sexual conquest and economic success are not the best measurements of manhood.Allow yourself to love and be loved.
Build and value relationships.Accept responsibility, lead courageously and enact justice on behalf of others.
Practice the concepts of empathy, inclusion and integrity.Learn the importance of serving others.
Base your thoughts and actions on “What can I do for you?”Develop a cause beyond yourself.
Try to leave the world a better place because you were here.
Source: Race Matters – Joe Ehrmann
Advice from Edward Abbey
February 10, 2007 at 6:33 pm | In Spirit | Leave a Comment“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am –a reluctant enthusiast … a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic.
Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breath deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.”
–Edward Abbey
GovTrack.us: Tracking the U.S. Congress
February 3, 2007 at 11:21 pm | In Reference and tools | Leave a Comment
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