Women’s History Month tributes and mentions often gloss over the time period between the Seneca Falls gathering of 1848 and what we might be tempted to think was the resumption of the suffragist movement of the early 20th Century. Of course individual women, often the same ones, are mentioned over and over every year. But […]
Alice Guy-Blaché
Alice Guy Blaché more than deserves the first individual mention of this Women’s History Month. When I first watched this video of a movie from 1995, I almost cried. If I had not spent most of my allotment of tears in February, I would have cried from frustration and rage. Everyone who is a student […]
Women's History Month
We are celebrating Women’s History Month this year with images that inform and empower, and often, when you learn the backstory, piss you off. On social media we will be using the hashtag #WHM18 on our posts so you can follow along. […]
Women, Information, and Estates of Governance
Women require information to govern in a democratic fashion just as do men. Understanding the evolution of a government, the systems from which it emerged, is essential to preservation, and betterment, of that government. Trajectories are real aspects of living systems and exert influence on contemporary processes. From 18th century France, there were three estates of society: the clergy […]
Pussy Hat Reprise: Women's March 2018
Women teach the world. Our voices are already familiar to children in the womb. We are the first teachers. Perhaps we should also be the always teachers? Our society, our world, needs wise women to guide us around the wasteland that lies in our direct path. We need the united voices of wise women who […]
Sacred Stories
This Friday I attend a workshop by Carrie Newcomer called, “Our Lives as Sacred Story + Community Songwriting.” I will report back, of course, as the course is very much in synch with what WLP is about. I’m writing now as there is some trepidation about attending. The person leading the workshop is someone I […]