I implore every blogger and online writer, every woman who knows how to write an email, a letter, or a message, to step up their writing pace to repair and what is left of democracy in our country, world, and in our minds.
Slippery Slopes and Quicksand
I have blocked people on social media who I once truly enjoyed knowing and with whom I looked forward to conversing. I haven’t done it often, but the case that stands out most prominently in my mind taught me a long overdue lesson about drawing clear boundaries. If someone attacks me or attempts to belittle […]
Same Old Dreams, Despair, and Determination
We dream for our babies, our children, nieces and nephews, those we teach, and those we heal. We women are used to situations that do not make sense. I struggle with this myself. I know I spend much more time trying to unravel the knots in logic that are fed to me by various data-streams […]
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 […]
Intersectional Democracy
Write, Just Write I implore every blogger and online writer, every woman who knows how to write an email, a letter, or a message, to step up their writing pace to repair and what is left of democracy in our country, world, and in our minds. I am talking not just about posting on Facebook […]
Democracy Needs Women's Wisdom
Until women reach an equitable distribution in shared governance it is questionable whether a true democracy can exist. I am writing about some of the considerations of how women’s wisdom might or does influence the development of democratic governance, not a critique of any one government nor any one poltical party. In fact, the article I read […]