Monthly Archives: October 2011

Ten steps for falling more deeply in love with your body

October 19, 2011
Ten steps for falling more deeply in love with your body

Today is Love Your Body Day. How will you honor and celebrate her? Or if you aren’t there yet, cuz Goddess knows I’ve been there—in the mid nineties I suffered three miscarriages which I experienced as a deep, dark betrayal by God, catholicism and my body. How will you accept her and forgive her, even just...

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Songs celebrating what it feels like to be a woman

October 10, 2011
Songs celebrating what it feels like to be a woman

One hundred years ago today California voters (all men, of course) gave women the right to vote. San Franciscans defeated the measure. But when results were tallied from the rest of the state, the measure passed by 3,587 votes. When Selina Ellen Solomons and her sister suffragists learned they’d won the right to vote...

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Ten ways to celebrate 100th anniversary of California women winning the right to vote

October 9, 2011
Ten ways to celebrate 100th anniversary of California women winning the right to vote

Did you know that tomorrow, October 10, 2011, is the 100th anniversary of California women winning the right to vote? Oakland had a parade last weekend. Sacramento has festivities this weekend. If you’re off on Monday for Columbus Day why not attend and celebrate? Here’s the agenda. I’ve been sad that no one seems...

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What does the word ‘feminist’ mean to me?

October 8, 2011
What does the word ‘feminist’ mean to me?

A feminist is someone who believes in equality. Not just for women, but for femininity—in women and men. For beauty, curves, emotion, inter-connectedness, nature, earth, the environment. Mystery, intuition, the moon. Beingness, the present moment, the body. For all characteristics traditionally thought of as feminine. Instant Feminist I have a confession. I’ve only been...

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