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Tag Archives: women
The Wearing of the Red
I read this poem I wrote at a rally today: The Wearing of the Red (on International Women’s Day) I am the color of … Anger…of red in the face blush and shame Of things perpetrated against us that we … Continue reading
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Tagged colors, Fuck Donald Trump, international women's day, poem, poetry, red, symbol, women, women's history month, women's lives
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Showgirl Style the Documentary
My buddy Heidi Moore –one of the other few strange and creative geniuses of Plumas County has just released her mini-documentary Showgirl Style which chronicles a three-day burlesque inspired retreat we did in Twain Harte (near Sonora, CA) in September. I … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, body issues, burlesque, diet, documentary, health, indie film, women
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The Church of the Inappropriate
I wasn’t thinking when I let my daughter go to church with a friend on Sunday. She’d done a sleepover like tween girls do and it seemed a natural extension. I like the people she was hanging with. It didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, christians, church, fundamentalists, game of thrones, gay, gays, religion, sexism, women
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The Women are Right Here
File this under things I didn’t think would still be an issue when I hit my forties… This morning I was reading about how it’s 2015 and theater companies across the United States are announcing their seasons of plays and … Continue reading
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Tagged american theater, american theatre, Misogyny, playwrights, playwriting, racism, sexism, theater seasons, theatre, women
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International Women’s Day & Um Why Feminism Is Needed
I am a feminist woman who just got finished grading a bunch of papers because I’m also a teacher –historically a woman’s job by the way and like social work, the two lowest paying of the ‘professions’ –not just a … Continue reading
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Tagged emma goldman, feminism, patriarchy, sor juana inez de la cruz, women, women's day, women's studies
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Somebody Had to Tell Me
Somebody had to tell me I was fat Somebody had to tell me I was short Somebody had to tell me I was too white to be Mexican Somebody had to tell me I was too chingona to be white … Continue reading
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Tagged body image, body love, bodylove, fat, fat positive, poetry, women
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The Christmas Letter 2014
It’s the end of the year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I am an American with two incredible children (no really, people who hate children love my children, that’s how fucking cool they are), I live in this house … Continue reading
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Tagged art, children, christmas letter, cooking, forests, friends, good boots, hipmama, parenting, poetry, vintage dresses, women, writing
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Sanguine Dreams & Nightmares
I am channeling those books I’ve read. The ones I gave away at the end of Women’s Studies part I. I remember reading , acknowledging, hell in that happy hippy way affirming that the moon cycle was to be honored … Continue reading
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Tagged middle age, natural remedies, patriarchy, peri-menopause, western medicine, women, women's studies
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My Middle Aged Punk Band
My Middle Aged Punk Band I’ve often thought that Having a middle-aged all female punk band Would be cool. It would be different Than the first time around. When I was 18 I screamed with a trio Called the Celibate … Continue reading
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Tagged birth control, divorce, estrogen, marriage, menopause, middle age, MILF, peri-menopause, poetry, punk, punk bands, rock, uterus, women, women's issues
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